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deteriorate in quantity and quality, as we think they do, then 

 it will be a great blessing to posterity if new varieties can be 

 procured of superior quality, particularly of late keeping 

 winter apples, as we think we are most deficient in that class 

 of fruit. The apple crop is of immense value, not only as a 

 luxury, but as a necessary healthful food, and the fruit con- 

 tinues fresh nearly the whole year. If a new variety of ap- 

 ples can be obtained like the Roxbury Russet of seventy 

 years ago, the fruit large and fair, rich and juicy, a prolific 

 bearer, which would come into the market after the Baldwin 

 in late spring and early summer, thej'' would be of great 

 value ; and also a variety to take the place of the Baldwin, 

 should they decline, as other varieties have done. 



Several years ago we sowed a small nursery nearly all from 

 the seed of the Baldwin apple. Being desirous, if possible, 

 of procuring a new and valuable variety of fruit, we selected 

 about one hundred of the most thrifty, stocky, broad-leafed 

 trees, the most of which were removed to the field for an 

 orchard, the others remained in the nursery, all to remain 

 ungrafted until they bore fruit. In due time they all pro- 

 duced fruit. What was the result ? There was not a Bald- 

 win, nor any one like a Baldwin, but all were greatly inferior 

 to the various varieties that we now have. From the above 

 experiment, and as nearly all the young trees that are trans- 

 planted are budded or grafted before bearing, how can we 

 procure new varieties of superior fruit ? From the aforesaid 

 history of the Baldwin apples, and the knowledge that we 

 have of their being disseminated over the community, we 

 think they must have remained in obscurity for many years, 

 with their great value concealed from public view. 



Is it not possible that there may be a tree in some retired 

 place equal to the Baldwin, or to what the Roxbury Russet 

 formerly was, which a large premium would bring to public 

 notice? Or may it not be possible that a superior quality of 

 late keeping winter apples may be found in our markets, 



