Land, where the young Trees cannot thrive. If the groirnd of 

 the Orchard cannot be wholly spared from other purposes, it 

 should be devoted to tlie raising of root or other Crops, that call 

 for cultivation, and the application occasionally to the Soil of 

 manures- — and should not be laid down to grass, until the Trees 

 have attained age and size — , even then this will be attended with 

 diminution of vigor to the Tree, and of perfection to the Fruit. 

 When the raising of apples, for the market is pursued as part of 

 ihe business of the Farm, probably the best course to adopt, is, 

 lo devote a portion of it to this purpose and to keep such in high 

 condition, by constant cultivation, indeed under no other circura* 

 stances, can some varieties of this Fruit, as the Williams Favorite 

 for instance, be produced in perfection. The object of the Cuh 

 tivator, should be to produce tlic greatest crop of Fruit, in 

 sis highest state of perfection, and in no other way can this be 

 reasonably expected, but by keeping of the Soil in proper con* 

 dition & suitably supplied with nourisiiment. 



The varieties of the apples are so numerous—) there being in 

 almost every district, some one of local origin, the knowledge of 

 which may be confined to such district, that every one in making 

 a selection of varieties, must to some extent depend upon his own 

 taste and discrioiination — Still there are many varieties of 

 established reputation, that may be recommended for general 

 cultivation. Among such, of the earher varieties, may be named 

 the Early Harvest and the Putnam Harvest, of I suppose local 

 name and origin, a great bearer in alternate years, less acid than 

 the Early Harvest, and therefore better suited to the dessert — 

 the early sweet Bough the Red Astracan, and Williams Favorite, 

 of the auttunn varieties, the Fall Harvest, the Porter and the 

 Gravenstein, and for winter, the Hubbardston Nonsuch, the 

 Hurlburt, the Wesifield Seek no Farther, the Minister, Rhode 

 Island Greening, Baldwin, Hunt's Russet and others, while for 

 Sweet apples theie is the Seavers Sweet, the Danvers Winter 

 Sweet, and for late keeping, the Ladies Sweeting., and an apple 

 from Portsmouth., a Seedling known there as the Ledge apple. 



