Miller Apple. 



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MILLER APPLE. 



We have received from James A. Miller, Jr., of Montgomery, Orange 

 Co., specimens of a new variety of Apple ; such we presume it is, for, 

 having compared it with numerous and various^kinds, of which we have 

 perfect fac simile figures, we are forced to the conclusion that it is dis- 

 tinct, and new to the horticultural world. Although averse to sanction 



MILLER APPLE, 

 the admission of any new fruit into the already surcharged lists, we think 

 the one before us at least worthy of trial in other localities. Its season 

 of maturation is at a period when the superior summer varieties are gone, 

 and autumn sorts of merit are not yet sufficiently ripe to pluck. In size 

 and shape the Miller apple approaches the Rhode Island Greening; its 

 flesh is fine and juicy, and of excellent flavor. We append an extract 

 from our correspondent's letter, in which its history and other important 

 facts are detailed : 



The history of this Apple is very brief. My grandfather, when he 

 erected the homestead, set out an orchard of the choicest fruit. A few 

 of these trees met with casualties, and others early began to decay. From 

 time to time as these vacancies occurred, they were filled with other 

 trees. Sometimes they were purchased from the nursery, and at other 

 times seedlings were taken from the garden. My grandmother had a 

 habit, and a very good one, too, I think, of planting in the garden the 



