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time, but we are apt to be more busy, aud iu fields that are 

 in grass it is not so convenient. Tlie wormy fruit I sell or 

 make into cider. 



What ten or more varieties of apples to cultivate in this 

 County? — 1, the Red Astrachan, — an early variety, a good 

 bearer, and good for market; 2, William's Favorite, — a very 

 showy apple, a good bearer, and finds ready market ; 3, Gra- 

 venstein, — a very superior apple, but not a great bearer, or 

 yery saleable fruit ; 4, Porter, — profitable for cultivation, and 

 a good bearer ; 5, Hubbardston, — a very superior apple, a 

 great bearer, and iu eating just before the Baldwin, one of • 

 the best ;, 6, Hurlburt, — ^a very good apple, and worthy of 

 extensive cultivation, resembling the Gravenstein ; 7, — Dan- 

 vers Sweet, — a very good sweet apple, though it water-cores 

 in some soils ; 8, Sudbury Sweet, — a very superior apple for 

 baking, or boiled in molasses water, after paring and taking 

 out the cores ; I alwaj^s found a ready market for it ; 9, Ed- 

 wards' Russet, — a very good apple, large size, and a great 

 bearer; it bears every year with me; 10, Baldwin, — a very 

 good apple, and will recommend itself, though I think it af- 

 fected by cold winters more than almost any other va- 

 riety ; 11, RamsdellSvveet, — a very showy apple, resembling 

 the William's Favorite ; a very i^reat bearer. S'ood eatinof, 

 and good for market; 12, Rhode Island Greening, — a very 

 saleable fruit ; I think it requires a very strong soil ; it d(jes 

 not bear as well with me as I should like ; 13, Fall Harvey, — 

 a good apple for cooking or table, and of excellent flavor 

 where the soil suits it ; I find a great difference in that re- 

 spect ; 14, Ladies' Sweet, — a very good apple, and valuable 

 for its late keeping ; a great bearer. 



The five or more varieties which are best for the table, are, 

 William's Favorite, Porter, Gravenstein, Hubbardston, Plurl- 

 burt, and Baldwin. I find that to raise good apples they 

 must be well taken care of, and the better they are cultivated 

 the better apples you will get ; and I have learned by my 

 own experience, aud that of my neighbors, not to sow small 



