406 SELECT LISTS OF VARILTIES. 



List of Apples, ripeni/ig in succession, by A. H. Ernst 

 President of Cincinnati Ilort. Society. 



Sweet Bough, Early Harvest, Summer Rose, Fall Pippin 

 Golden Russet, (or Bullock's Pippin,) Newtown Spitzen- 

 burgh. Yellow Bellefleur, Woolman's Long (or Ortley or 

 White Detroit,) White Pippin, Brodwell, Winesap, Yellow 

 Newtown Pippin, Rawle's Jannet — 13. Add fur a larger 

 collection, — Red Jun.ating, Sunimer Queen, Golden Sweet- 

 ing, Kaighn's Spitzenburgh, Rhode Island Greening, Rambo, 

 Pryor's Red, Vandevere, Doctor, Roxbury Russet — 10. 



Pears ripe?iing in succession, proved excellent at Ciyicin- 

 nati — Madeleine, Julienne, Bartlett, Washington, Gray 

 Doyenne, Seckel, Duchesse d'Angouleme, Beurre Diel, 

 Louise Bonne of Jersey. 



Strawberries — Neck Pine, earliest; Old Hudson, unri- 

 valled for the market gardener ; Jenny's Seedling,* very 

 hardy, prolific ; Hovey's Seedling, its position not yet fully 

 established ; Taylor's Seedling,! promises to be valuable. 



Select List by F. R. Elliott, Cleveland, Ohio. 



Apples — Best single variety, for northern Ohio, — Bel- 

 mont or Waxen. 



Three best, summer, autumn, and winter; — Summer 

 Rose, Fall Pippin, Red Canada or Nonesuch. 



Three best summer — Early Harvest, Summer Rose, Ameri- 

 can Summer Pearmain. 



Three best autumn — Gravenstein, Porter, Fall Pippin. 



Three best winter — Belmont, Svvaar, Nonesuch. 



For the six best, for each season, add to the preceding, — 

 Red Astrachan, Williams' Favorite, Early Joe ; Fall Har- 

 vey, Ross Nonpareil, Rambo; Hubbardston Nonesuch, Cana- 

 da Reinette, Rhode Island Greening. 



For the best forty, add to the preceding. Maiden's Blush, 

 Minister, Fameuse, Roxbury Russet, Westfield Seeknofur- 

 ther. Yellow Bellflower, Court of Wyck, Jonathan, Lady 

 Apple, Herefordshire Pearmain, American Golden Russet, 

 EsoDus Spitzenburgh, Pryor's Red, Wood's Greening, Fort 



* Fruit medium, uniform, very productive, sliarp acid but fine flavor, firm, but fine 

 for market. Pistillate, late bloomer. Origin , Boston. 



t Above medium, size uniform, long-conical, pointed, beautif il scarlet, productive 

 hardy, strong, less acid tlian most scarlets. 



