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APPLES OF 1871. 



By W. C. Flagg, Alton, 111. 



Here in Southern Illinois we have had an unusually, perhaps unpre- 

 cedentedly, early ripening of apples, as well as other early fruits. The 

 earliest shipment of apples ever made by me previous to this year was 

 June 26, 1S5S. This year the apples were equally ripe by June 20, 

 or nearly a week ahead of the earliest season I have on record, and at 

 least two weeks earlier than our average crops. 



I say this in qualification of the periods of ripening affixed to the 

 two or three varieties of apples to which I ask to call the reader's 

 attention. 



Potter's Early, — This variety, received from Evans & Co., York, 

 Pa., I have fruited this year for the first time, and do not find described 



Potter's Early. 



in any of the books I have consulted, nor even in Evans's catalogue, so 

 that I cannot judge of its identity. It was ripe or over-ripe as early as 

 July 3, or about with Early Strawberry, Sine-qua-non, etc. It is 



