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of the present day, and unable to take trees hundreds of 

 miles, over rough roads and through an uninhabited coun- 

 try — possessed themselves of quantities of seeds, which 

 were promiscuously sown, and from which have sprung a 

 greater portion of the apples cultivated in that section of 

 the country. Within a few years several varieties have 

 been introduced from Western New York, and the Eastern 

 States ; but the thousands of barrels of apples which are 

 annually carried down the Mississippi, are nearly the en- 

 tire produce of seedling trees. 



To select from the great number of varieties which 

 abound in the Western States, only those which are of first 

 rate quality, is no small task ; but with establishment of 

 the Horticultural Societies of Ohio and Indiana, we look 

 for valuable aid. The labor has been commenced, and 

 we do not doubt that enthusiastic cultivators will feel 

 sufficiently impressed with tlie importance of the duty, to 

 persevere in selecting every native variety which possesses 

 merit sufficient to entitle it to cultivation. 



With a view to afford our cultivators an opportunity to 

 judge of the relative merit of many of the Western apples, 

 we have condensed the following, principally from the 

 reports of the Committee on the Synonyms of Fruits, of the 

 Cincinnati Horticultural Society, during the season of 1843 

 and spring of 1844. A great number of seedlings are no- 

 ticed, of which no descriptions are given ; these will prob- 

 ably be reported on by the committee another year. Sev- 

 eral are also described merely as seedlings presented by 

 various cultivators. We have only added notices of such 

 as have been named, and under which they are. or probably 

 will be, sold by nurserymen ; this will enable those who 

 wish to possess them, the means of ordering any or all of 

 the varieties. 



As other new varieties are named and introduced to no- 

 tice, we shall continue to give all the information we can 

 obtain in regard to them. 



Dukeberry Wmier bhish. — A large fair apple, greenish 

 yellow, with a bright red blush next the sun, and dark 

 specks over the surface; flesh white, breaking, sub-acid, 

 pleasant, but rather flat ; form round, largest at the base, 

 slightly pointed at the blossom end, which is somewhat 

 sunk; stem small, planted in a deep cavity. This apple 

 was brought from Peter Grist, near Springborough. 



