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Britain. In Normandy, as I am lately informed by letter, 

 the Paulown/a, while yonng, is tender; afterwards, hardy; 

 and so, as 1 believe, it must also on trial prove here. 

 Nonantiim Hill, Jan. 2, 1843. W. K. 



Art. III. Notice of a new sweet apple called the Bradwell 

 Apple — in a letter to the President of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society. By A. H. Ernst, corresponding 

 member. Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Some thirty-five or forty years since, the late Jacob 

 Bradwell, a highly respectable and intelligent pioneer of 

 this region, obtained from one of his neighbors, one hun- 

 dred seedling apple trees, there being no grafted fruit trees 

 at this earlyday, and planted the same on his farm on the 

 little Miami River, thirteen miles N. E. from this city, • 

 (Cincinnati) — most all proved inferior or worthless, except 

 one tree, the parent of this most valuable winter fruit, a 

 specimen of which, I have the honor of sending you by the 

 politeness of Mr. Redden of Saugus, for your inspection, 

 and that of the brethren of our society. 



Description. — The size is above medium, the form flat, 

 tapering to the blossom, and which is somewhat sunk; the 

 stem is short and small, planted in a deep hollow — a fair, 

 smooth and thin skin, which is, when fully ripe, of a green- 

 ish yellow, clouded with dark blotches with numerous small 

 dark spots over the surface — flesh white, tender, sweet, 

 juicy and remarkably free from that sponginess so common 

 a fault in sweet apples. It is an excellent table and kitchen 

 fruit from December to April or May. 



Respectfully yours, 



A. H. Ernst. 



CinciuJiati, Ohio. Dec. 1842. 



The apple above described by Mr. Ernst, was placed upon 

 the society's table by the President, for examination, and 

 by the kindness of the fruit committee, we tasted the same ; 

 we can therefore fully confirm the statement made by the 

 writer in regard to the excellency of this fruit, and would 



