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The committee were happy to recognize some rare and excellent 

 sorts ; of these, some may be new varieties, such as the Gra- 

 ham apple, — a fine fruit of the family of Seek-no-further ; the 

 Ribstone Pippin, Hubbardston Nonsuch, Fameuse, J^^sopus 

 Spitzenberg, Cornish Gillifleur, Phillips Sweeting, Killam's 

 Hill, Westfield Seek-no-further, Alexander or Congress, Pome 

 Water, and others. These are worthy of cultivation, and, be- 

 ing now introduced, can hereafter be obtained for grafting at 

 any time. 



The fruit, at this season, can only be of the late autumn and 

 winter varieties. It may not be amiss to say, that, in this sec- 

 tion of country, many excellent varieties of apples can be 

 found, such as the Early Harvest, Early Strawberry, Early 

 Bough, Juneating, Summer Pearmain, Early Golden Sweeting, 

 Red Margaret, Benoni, Red Astrachan, Porter, Williams's Early 

 Red, New York Spice. The season for these has now passed. 

 All of these can be obtained for grafting in this neighborhood, 

 as well as some excellent varieties of winter fruit, such as the 

 Swaar, Northern Spy, Kelsey, &c. 



The four best summer apples for eating, are the Early Har- 

 vest, the Williams's Early Red, the Red Astrachan, and the 

 Summer Pearmain. For baking, the Early Bough and Golden 

 Sweeting. 



The four best fall apples for eating, are the Porter, Fall Pip- 

 pin, Liscom, and New York Spice. 



For baking, the Late Golden Sweeting, Phillips Sweeting, 

 Belle Bound, and the Pumpkin Sweeting. 



The six best winter apples for eating, are Rhode Island 

 Greening, Baldwin, Roxbury Russet, ^sopus Spitzenberg, 

 Yellow Bellefleur, and Newtown Pippin. For baking. Mother 

 apple, Danvers Sweeting, and Hartford Sweeting. 



The committee have taken some pains to correct the false 

 names under which fruit has been presented. 



The very Qommon error in this vicinity of naming the Fall 

 Pippin, Pome Royal, or Pound Royal, will be corrected after a 

 while, but not immediately, as the name has been long and ex- 

 tensively misapplied, and is still persisted in by some who claim 

 to understand the fruit. 



