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Western Seedling Fruits. 



the new growth in the nursery. If you will have the good- 

 ness to publish with this an outline of the drawing I enclose, 

 ifiS"- 2) you will much aid the inquirer.* 



Fig. 2. Detroit apple, of the West. 



The origin of the supposed Putnam Russet appears to be 

 placed beyond dispute by Mr. Schuyler Putnam, in a letter to 

 the editor of the Wesier7i Reserve Magazi?ie, to be "War- 

 ren, Litchfield County, Conn.," and not identical with the 

 Roxbury russet, as believed by many. 



As to the Stone pear, it may be that it is "only a well 

 known eastern variety." The circumstances, however, are 

 against such an assumption. I had hoped that last fall 

 would have decided that point, as a friend in writing to me, 

 in the summer, from Beverly, informed me that a neighbor 

 had some fruit on a tree which then looked fine. 



Undoubtedly, " cultivators cannot be too careful in regard 



* The dark, smutty appearance is peculiar to the fruit, but readily yields to the cloth 

 or brush, when a light yellow is exposed. 



