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field ; and many varieties have from time to time been produced, and offered 

 to the public, that, after a thorough trial, have been discarded. We cannot 

 spare time or space to enumerate them all, but will speak only of a few of 

 the most prominent ones. 



Burr's New Pine was of the very best quality, but proved to be too ten- 

 der for market-purposes. It required very high cultivation, and the plants 

 were not always hardy. This variety is not much cultivated now in any 

 part of the country. Jenny's Seedling is another American variety that 

 seemed to promise well, but has not proved to be valuable. Longworth's 

 Prolific and M'Avoy's Superior were both raised at Cincinnati, and sup- 

 posed to be, when introduced, of considerable value ; but they, too, have 

 passed into the rejected list. Walker's Seedling, though never very exten- 

 sively cultivated, because of its moderate size and the difficulty with which 

 it was hulled, was, nevertheless, of good quality. When fully ripe, it was 

 equal to the best. This, too, is now rarely found in cultivation. 



Burr's Seedling, Imperial Scarlet, Hooker, Gushing, Diadem, Genesee, 

 Monroe Scarlet, Prince's Magnate, Scott's Seedling, AVestern Queen, Willey, 

 Scarlet Gone, Rival Hudson, Pennsylvania, Orange Prolific, Brooklyn Scar- 

 let, Gol. Ellsworth, Grimson Gone, Grimson Favorite, Gutter's Seedling, 

 Emily, Georgia Mammoth, Eclipse, Fillmore, Great Eastern, Monitor, and 

 a host of others that might be named, are now cultivated, if at all, to a very 

 limited extent. 



There are others, such as the Agriculturist, Austin or Shaker, French 

 Seedling, Boston Pine, La Gonstante, Durand, Downer's Prolific, Green 

 Prolific, Lennig's White, Russell's Prolific, Ripawam, Jenny Lind, Na- 

 poleon III., and others that are cultivated to some considerable extent in 

 certain localities ; but neither of them, so far as we believe, will ever be- 

 come widely popular. 



After these we come to the few well-known and popular sorts, and the 

 few new ones that are believed to be of first qualit}'. 



The Brighton Pine is one of the very best market-sorts that has been 

 cultivated in the past ; and we believe it does well wherever it has been 

 tested. It has all the good qualities that one can desire, except that it is 

 of medium size. 



Wilson's Albany, though not of first-rate quality, is yet the great market- 



