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nary purposes, and the small ones afford a fine 

 dessert ; it is in perfection about November, and 

 will keep and retain its juices ; it is a great 

 bearer. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



Par. 71. I have now furnished my readers 

 with a collection of the best sorts of apples 

 now in cultivation, for the different purposes as 

 described in the character of each apple. Al- 

 though there are more very good apples, there 

 are a great many not worth recommending; in- 

 deed, there are some I could mention superior 

 to some of those in the list, but what a disap- 

 pointment it is when your crops continually fail ! 

 Some may say, why leave out such and such 

 a sort, where it may probably be a favourite ? 

 but there is such a confusion in the names of 

 apples, that it is very likely to be in this list 

 under another name, for there are several 

 among them I know to have three or four dif- 

 ferent names : but these are properly named as 

 known by the Horticultural Society, and the 

 principal nurserymen round London. 



Some may think, if they see a tree full of 

 fruit it must* be a good bearer, but I have 

 known some of the most shy bearers (by 

 chance) produce a fine crop ; it is therefore 



