Bottle- Grcenitig, 



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BOTTLE-GREENING. 



This delicious apple, possessing every desirable qualification, is but little 

 known. Its origin is involved in obscurity. As far, however, as can be as- 

 certained, it is a chance seedling, which sprang up on a farm on the dividing- 

 line of New York and Vermont. The original tree was living a few years 

 since. The name, which is peculiar, has no reference to the shape of the 

 apple, but is derived from the fact that the workmen in the field where 

 the original tree stood were accustomed to place the " bottle " in the hollow 

 of the tree. 



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The apple became well known in the neighborhood by this name, there 

 being no other ; and was propagated under this name. A nursery-man in 

 New York, becoming acquainted with the merits of the fruit, grafted it ex- 

 tensively, and sold many of the trees. A large lot were sent to Dedham, 

 Mass., to Eben Wight, a well-known pomologist, by whom the variety was 

 still further disseminated. The oldest trees in this part of the country are 

 now growing in Dedham. As we have said, the apple possesses every good 

 quality. It is of medium form, and of fair size ; one great peculiarity being, 

 that all over the tree the apples are of an average size, none being very large, 



