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Ben Davis. — Tree tender and short lived ; fruit hardly *' good" else' 

 ^vhere, and no better here. Though a free bearer, not profitable. 



PoMME Grise. — Tree tender, fruit small and knurly; not profitable, 

 though the quality is tine. 



NgrtheHn Spy. — In protected spots this noble variety sometimes 

 succeeds liere as well as anywhere in the country. Our Spys took the first 

 pi-emium at the State Fair this fall. Nevertheless the tree is too tender. 



RiBSTON Pippin. — Living at a poor, dying rate, it still bears well and 

 bears fine fruit j but after a few years' struggle gives up the ghost. 



Fall Winesap of the WESt.-=-A good little apple, just now (Novem- 

 ber) in eating, but the tree is not hafdier than Ben Davis, and is not 

 productive. 



Saxtox Stripe. — A fine flavored October apple ; tree productive, but 

 tender, and soon falls into a decline ending in death. 



Early Joe. — Struggles along and bears some fruit, but survives only in 

 an unhealthy state. 



Jonathan. — In the same category with Early Joe— the more's the pity. 



Sops of Wine. — The most successful of those not entirely so. The 

 tree suffers from the winter, yet bears good crops and seems to get hardier 

 with age. 



ToLMAN SwBET. — This variety grows thriftily and bears well, and one 

 would not for several years suspect it of wanting hardiness ; but when it 

 comes to full bearing, unless carefully pi'opped up, it breaks down all 

 round, and the breaks invariably reveal a rotten interior, with only a skin 

 of healthy wood. Sorry to have to give up this excellent winter sweet. 

 These two lists of complete and partial failui-es might be considerably 

 prolonged did space permit. I have given only the varieties best known 

 and likely to be tried by others similarly situated. 



HARDY AND GOOD. 



The more pleasant list of kinds that have proved successful in point of 

 hardiness and quality of fruit embraces also a considerable number of 

 varieties. From these I select the best of those which add productiveness 

 and general thrift to the first named qualities, as follows : 



Tetofsky. — With all its merits this apple has the fault of dropping a 

 considerable part of its crop before it is ripe. Not recommended for 

 market on that account. 



Yellow Transparent. — Of the same season (August) as Tetofsky ; 

 beautiful, very good, exceedingly productive, does not drop. Tj-ansports 

 well for a summer apple. 



Duchess of Oldenburg. — It is hardly necessary to praise this large, 

 early-bearing, handsome, and heavy-bearing September apple. Its only 

 moderate quality is its sole defect, yet no ai)ple of its season is more 

 marketable or more profitable. It can be grown much more cheaply than 

 potatoes, and never brings so low a price here. Still it is possible to have 

 too many of an early apple, unless you are prepai-ed to evai»orate them. 



Wealthy. — This is the king of all the hardy apples. As productive, 

 hardyj early-bearing, large and beautiful as the Duchess, it, in this region, 



