446 Remarks on the Apple Culture in America. 



have conversed with me in relation to this matter, many of 

 them formerly residents of the interior of the State of New 

 York, unite in saying, that so far as their opportunities of 

 observation have extended, the «ame varieties of the apple 

 are not only as fine, but generally, to a remarkable degree, 

 finer in size, appearance, flavor, and every quality, here than 

 there. 



The Putnam. Russet. — To my astonishment, I find this ex- 

 cellent apple described by Downing as an Ohio seedling, on the 

 authority of Dr. Kirtland, of Cleveland. This apple was first 

 brought to Ohio from the Eastern States by the emigrants, 

 sent out by the " Ohio Company," who first settled Marietta. 

 It is found in all the old orchards in that neighborhood in 

 company with the Rhode Island Greening, Seek-no-Further, 

 and other New England apples, — the original and distinctive 

 name being lost or sunk in the easier and more common one 

 of Russet. It is, undoubtedly, identical with some one of 

 the Russets of the East, which one, 1 am not able positively 

 to affirm, but have long believed it to be the Roxbury Rus- 

 set. 



The Gate Apple. — On the same authority, that of Dr. Kirt- 

 land, Downing has set down this as the same with the Waxen 

 apple of Coxe and the Belmont of Kenrick. That the Gate 

 and Belmont may be one, is possible, and I will not under- 

 take to decide the point, but that it is the Waxen apple of 

 Coxe is so much at variance with the history of its origin, as 

 commonly received in all the region of Ohio where it is best 

 known, and as I have always heard it, that I cannot regard 

 it as a settled point, without knowing the means by which 

 Dr. Kirtland has so settled it. And truly : Has Dr. K. ever 

 seen'the Waxen apple of Coxe ? Does he possess it ? Is he 

 certain of it ? If he has seen it, if he does possess it, let him 

 say so ; and if it shall appear that there is no room for mis- 

 take ou these points, and that he has carefully compared the 

 fruits, then it will be easy to yield to his proofs. But if the 

 fact merely rests in conjecture of the Dr., upon some fancied 

 resemblance or agreement of the Gate with Coxe's description 

 of the Waxen apple, then, I think, we may be excused if we 

 dissent. The Gate is a most delicious apple. It makes my 

 mouth water to think of it. But let me ask, how happens it, 



