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to say that for profit our belief is that a few varieties of those 

 kinds wliich are most prolific and reliable, well cared for, 

 would be of far more profit to the owner than an increased 

 number of sorts. 



A gentleman of my acquaintance who has given his atten- 

 tion to the cultivation of fruit for the last sixty years, tells 

 me that he would sooner have less, than more than ten varie- 

 ties, for any purpose either for pleasure or profit. 



For table fruits, we should say the five best would be, 

 William's Favorite, Gravenstein, Hubbardston Nonsuch, 

 Baldwin, and Hunt Russet. I have named them in the or- 

 der that they are ripe and ready for use. We would gladly 

 add the name of the Hurlburt, Eustis, Drap d' Or, Sweet 

 Baldwin, Ramsdale's Sweet, and Gillitipwer, but of the hun- 

 dreds of varieties to select from, we become bewildered, and 

 are quite willing to leave it to each person to select such as 

 suits his or her taste, well knowing that the most fastidious 

 can be suited. All of the varieties I have named are abun- 

 dant l)earers, the Baldwin, Gravenstein, Hunt Russet, and 

 Hubbardston Nonsuch, particularly so. 



The Baldwin I have placed at the head of all the varieties. 

 We are free to grant it the title of King of all the apples, for 

 our soil and climate. While the other sorts some of them 

 contest the title and vie with it for the honors of royalty, 

 still the Baldwin wears the crown, for productiveness, long- 

 keeping, general uses, and for market. 



While all the apple-trees are alike in one sense, and have- 

 the same nature, the ash of the wood and foliage being identi- 

 cal, and scarcely differing in the most minute particular, still, 

 like men and animals, each variet}^ seems to have eccentricities 

 and peculiarities of its own. Some, like the maple, lift high 

 their erect and shapely branches. Others, like the oak, 

 spread wide their limbs, and shade the soil for rods around. 

 Others still, are crooked and gnarled, suggestive of sour and 

 crabbed fruit. Some are sleek and smooth of limb, while 

 others wear a rough and scaly coat, but boast of blossoms 



