474 Pomological Notices ; 



Art. III. Pomological Notices ; or Notices respecting Neio 

 and Superior Varieties of Fruits, worthy of General Cul- 

 tivation. Notices of Several Varieties of Apples. By the 

 Editor. 



In our volume for 1844, (X.,) we gave an account of a 

 great variety of new apples, several of which were supposed 

 to be natives of the West. Since then, other new kinds have been 

 introduced to the notice of cultivators, and our correspondents 

 in various places have furnished us with specimens of the 

 fruit of some new varieties, and with descriptive notices of 

 others which we now present to our readers. 



Early Joe. — This is a very handsome and excellent variety 

 cultivated to some extent in western New York, where it is 

 stated to have originated in an orchard in Bloomfield, Onta- 

 rio Co., the parent tree of which is, we believe, still alive. It 

 is said to have received its name from an individual called 

 Joe, who for " some time stole the apples, early in the morn- 

 ing, before the family were up, and only desisted after the 

 hired man had cut ' Early Joe' on the bark of every tree." 

 This account we have from our correspondent, J. W. Bis- 

 sell, of Rochester, who sent us some fine specimens of the ap- 

 ples. The fruit is of medium size, oblate form, with a yel- 

 lowish skin, beautifully and distinctly striped with purplish 

 red : Flesh, white, fine, very tender and juicy, with an ex- 

 ceedingly pleasant flavor. Mr. Bissell states that the speci- 

 mens sent us were from trees in a rather neglected state, but, 

 when properly cultivated, they attain double the size ; the 

 tree grows slowly ; the wood slim ; the bark dark colored ; and 

 the hue of the foliage dark green and rich. 



Fall Jermeting. — This is the name of an apple cultivated 

 in the vicinity of Rochester, when it was originally brought 

 from the Hudson River, about twenty years ago ; but it does 

 not appear to be described by either Kenrick or Downing. 

 The trees grow very rapidly, and bear every alternate year. 

 In form and appearance, it greatly resembles the R. I. Green- 

 ing, but is in eating a month before that variety, and is a less 

 acid, but equally excellent variety. 



