seven] out in the orchard 



moth Black Twig. To this list are being added 

 some very excellent varieties, originated in the 

 Southwest. You will observe that a few of the 

 varieties named thrive from the extreme North to 

 the extreme South. 



All these lists do not include some of the grand- 

 est apples in the world, partly because we do not 

 yet quite understand how generally some of them 

 will thrive, and again we do know that some apples 

 are very local in their attachment. Among the 

 most promising new varieties, the Delicious and the 

 Senator are two from the Ozark Mountain region. 

 Wismer's Dessert is a new Canada apple of extra- 

 ordinary beauty, and very hardy. The tree is a 

 good grower, and I suggest that you do not over- 

 look it. Stuart's Golden is a medium-sized apple 

 — delicious, digestible, and a long keeper; good for 

 eating from November till the last of April. The 

 best new sweet apple that I have recently met with 

 is Danchy's Sweet; and a close second is Sconon- 

 doah. We are just entering the apple age, and 

 new varieties will hereafter multiply with great 

 rapidity, although we shall probably never give 

 up a few of the older sorts, such as Spitzenburg, 

 Baldwin, Hubbardston, and Northern Spy — a 



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