76 THE MAGAZINE OF HORTICULTURE. 



I have extended these hurried remarks to a greater length 

 than I intended when I commenced, but I leave it with you 

 to condense or curtail whatever may be out of place. I pur- 

 pose sending you a short article on Hedges, method of grow- 

 ing, plants best adapted for that purpose, &c. 



THE COGSWELL APPLE. 



BY W. CLIFT, STONINGTON, CO.W. 



A SEEDLING fruit of the first quality is a new creation, as 

 instinct with the divine skill and power as any of the crea- 

 tive acts in the Mosaic record. Though in accordance with 

 natural laws, the advent of the new fruit is a mystery, whose 

 character no amateur will venture to predict. When the new 

 seedling first bursts into fruit, and the specimen is fair to the 

 sight, and, like the original creations, proves "all very good," 

 it is an event worthy of record. It is a much more rare 

 event than the birth of an immortal spirit, and, as the race 

 runs, a much more precious gift to man. It is like the gift 

 of a great and good man to the human family ; everywhere 

 exerting a benign influence, and contributing largely to the 

 wealth and happiness of the race. 



A good fruit is an individual worthy of a name : its birth- 

 place should be hallowed as a scene of pilgrimage, and its 

 history should be garnered in the archives of pomology. 



The Cogswell apple was noticed, Mr. Editor, in your Mag- 

 azine for June, 1849 ; but it was there mentioned as an apple 

 of unknown origin and history. As its birth-place and my 

 own were contiguous, and as I have been acquainted with it 

 from my youth up, I will briefly supply the above defic- 

 iencies. 



The original Cogswell Pearmain tree is still living, upon 

 the farm owned by Frederick Brewster, Esq., in Griswold, 

 Conn., about a mile northeast of Jewett City. Tiie original 

 top long since disappeared, but vigorous off"-shoots from the 



