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Danvers, whose horticultural knowledge and refined taste are 

 already known to the public. In conclusion we would re- 

 mark, if any one should be induced to visit this venerable 

 tree, and witness its wasted and time-worn trunk, shorn of 

 its once lofty and towering branches, its shattered and de- 

 crepid limbs, its modest and unpretending deportment, bowed 

 almost to the dust by the weight of years, it would disarm 

 him at once of all criticism as to its age or origin. He would 

 readily admit 



" Time's eternal wing 

 Hath around those ruins cast 

 The dark presence of the past." 



Art. IV. Pojno logical Gossip. 



New Varieties of Apples. — In our last number we gave 

 some account of several new apples introduced to notice by 

 the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, and described by 

 the Fruit Committee in their ad-interim reports. We now 

 present their additional report upon a few other new kinds, 

 some of which appear to be desirable acquisitions. 



The Freeze and Thaw Apple. — Grown on the farm of his 

 father, in Roxbury Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsyl- 

 vania. Size medium ; conical ; profusely striped and mottled 

 with bright red on a yellow ground, with a number of light 

 dots, and frequently one or more white splashes near the 

 base ; stem three-fourths of an inch long, slender, inserted in 

 a wide, deep, acuminate cavity, partially russeted ; calyx 

 small, closed, set in a moderately wide, superficial, wrinkled 

 basin ; flesh of fine texture, but deficient in flavor, and on 

 that account can scarcely be considered of ^'- good^^ quality, 

 if the specimens were cut at the proper time. Mr. Gorgas in- 

 forms us that it may be left on the tree till it repeatedly 

 freezes and thaws, without sustaining injury : hence the 

 name. — From Mr. John Gorgas, of Delaware. 



A Red Apple. — Below medium size, which originated on 

 the premises of Mr. Hains, of Pricetown, Berks County, 

 Pennsylvania. Form roundish oblate ; skin thin, striped and 



