310 PLAIN AND PLEASANT TALK 



" A variety under the name of Philadelphia Jennetting is 

 known in Trumbull County, Ohio, It ripens two weeks 

 later than the common kind, otherwise it is not essentially 

 different."— i>r. J. P. Kirtland. 



Y. Summer Pearmain. — There seem to be two varieties 

 of this name cultivated in Ohio and Indiana. 



(1.) That of Coxe, which is the one generally cultivated, 

 and deservedly popular. 



" The fruit-buds seem to be unusually hardy, and often 

 resist the impression of late spring frosts, while others are 

 killed. In 1834, when our fruits were universally cut off 

 by that destructive agent, a tree of the summer pearmain 

 and another of the Vandeveer, matured a dozen or two 

 apples, while not another tree in an orchard contaming over 

 five hundred, bore a soUtary fruit. It is worthy of more 

 extensive cultivation." — Dr. Kirtland. 



(2.) A variety evidently aUied to Coxe's, but all things con- 

 sidered a more desirable variety. The fruit resembles Coxe's, 

 but is larger ; the flavor is the same, but not quite as high ; 

 Coxe's is oblong ; this variety is Vandeveer pippin shape ; 

 color the same, and the period of ripening, viz., July and 

 August. The trees are very distinct; Coxe's is upright, 

 this is spreading ; Coxe's of a slender growth, and stinted 

 habit, and is hard to bring forward in the nursery ; this has 

 a vigorous growth, and strong wood, and strikingly resem- 

 bles the Vandeveer pippin-tree. It bears early and abun- 

 dantly in all soils. 



This second variety was brought, by a man named Har- 

 lan, Fayette County, Indiana, from South Carolina, where 

 it is extensively cultivated. 



8. Daniel. — ^The tree is upright, nearly pear-tree shape ; 

 wood strong and healthy ; leaves, above all varieties, dark 

 green and glossy; bears young and abundantly. Fruit 

 medium size ; it has a yellow ground covered with blotches 

 of dull red; flavor rich, sweetish, and high. Ripens in 



