62 Pomological J^olices; or, JS'^otices of Fruit. 



104. Franklin Golden pippin. — Of medium size ; form 

 round, oblong; skin a bright yellow; flesh juicy and acid. 

 Ripe in October and November. 



105. Kerry Pippin. — Of medium size, often small; form 

 oblong; skin beautiful yellow and red; the flesh firm and pleas- 

 ant. Ripe in October. 



106. While Aslracan. — The size of this ap|)le is sometimes 

 large; the form oblong; skin a pale yellow; tiie flesh with a 

 sharp, rich, and agreeable flavor. Ripe in August. 



107. Winter Pearmain. — Of medium size; rather oblong; 

 skin a greenish yellow, mixed with dull red stripes. A fine 

 apple from February to April. 



Coxe's Vieio of the Cultivation of Fruit Trees contains de- 

 scriptior.i of one hundred and thirty-three varieties of the ap- 

 ple. After twenty-five years spent in collecting proof trees, 

 and comparing the produce with his work, I have succeeded 

 in identifying only forty-four. 1 have trees of nearly all the 

 remaining sorts, which will soon be in a bearing state: these, 

 with all those of high character, on dwarf stocks, selected 

 from the nurseries of France and England, and additions of 

 most of the new fruits of our own country, as they are brought 

 into notice, will soon form a collection sufficient to gratify the cu- 

 riosity or taste of the amateur, and the cultivator for the market. 



To those persons, practically acquainted with the subject, 

 no excuse will be necessary for the little which has been per- 

 formed; to such only is known the trouble, anxiety, and dis- 

 appointments attending the pursuit of this object. The Lon- 

 don Horticultural Society published their second edition of 

 their Catalogue in ISol; since that time, with more means 

 than any other society or individuals, in fact, with more than 

 all others combined, and with a gentleman at the head of this 

 department who stands unrivalled in investigations of this sort, 

 they have not collected information enough to justify them in 

 publishing a third edition. 



After spending, myself, near a quarter of a century in this 

 pursuit, T regret that the progress I have made is yet so small. 



It is to be expected that with the information which we 

 have collected, we shall, in future, advance with more rapid- 

 ity; and, if it should be in our power to pursue these investiga- 

 tions another quarter of a century, we shall then, as we always 

 have done, keep continually in our mind, that "we have much 

 to learn." — R.JManning., Pomological Garden, Salem,J\Jass.y 

 Jan., 184 I. 



