174 Pomological Gossip. 



Apples in Illinois. — The following brief notes on a few 

 apples are from our correspondent Mr. Richardson, of Kendall, 

 Til. They will be read with interest: — 



"Have you in your collection an apple called Stanard's 

 Seedling ? I tried it, Nov. 7, with Bullock's Pippin or Amer- 

 ican Gold Russet, and thought the first much the best, as 

 being more juicy and sprightly tasted, beside being much 

 larger. We received trees from Mr. Hodge, of Buffalo, and 

 have had fruit two or three years ; the tree is a good bearer. 

 Mr. H., in his catalogue for 1849-50, describes it as ' green, 

 yellow and red : oblate ; large ; season December to March : 

 very productive ; juicy ; pleasant ; acid ; fine.' Two outlines, 

 made November 7, measure three inches wide, and one and 

 a half or more deep. The Hawthornden is quite a good 

 apple here. I saw this year a tree loaded with them. And 

 the Bellflower and Ram bo do well here ; the latter is rather 

 a fall fruit than a winter one, but is very good if not over 

 ripe. I saAv this fall a fine specimen of the White Bellflower, 

 (qy. ? Ortley.) I think the following are also good apples, 

 worth raising here : — Cooper's Early white, (tastes like the 

 Early Harvest, ripe in September,) Fallawater, Ladies' Sweet- 

 ing and Minister. The Fall Pippin has not much flavor, and 

 is not so good as the Fallawater. The Cooper's Early White 

 is nearly a clear white, or very light green, with dark blotches ; 

 flesh very tender, juicy, and pleasant acid. The Early June 

 apple is not near so good an apple as the Early Harvest ; it is 

 too dry and mealy. Perhaps this may prove to be the White 

 Juneating. In color it looks much like the Early Harvest." 



Van Assene or Van Assche Pear. — In our last mimber 

 we made some remarks relative to this pear, and regretted 

 that our friend Mr. Barry, of Rochester, had described it in 

 the Horticulturist as the Van Assche, believing its true cog- 

 nomen to be Van Assene. Mr. Barry has sent us the follow- 

 ing note in answer : — 



"Dear Sir : — Allow me to correct an error in your remarks 

 respecting the Van Assche or Van Assene pear. You ask, 

 ' Even if the name had been originally wrongly spelt, would 

 not twenty years' usage have claimed for it priority over all 



