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Ivaluable. At Simbirsk it is considered one of the most profitable. 

 [At Tenki, near Kazan, it is a success, both in nursery and orchard, 

 md from what we saw would seem to have been grown there for 

 lany years. At Tula we see one very old tree of it, a survivor 

 lof an ancient orchard, killed by a severe winter many years 

 [ago. It is therefore a tree that thrives in the severest climates. It 

 Iwould not be safe to assume it to be quite as hardy as Anis or 

 lAntonovka, yet it is not very far from it. The flesh is coarse, but 

 Muicy and mildly acid, quite good, not at all disappointing, rather 

 Ibetter than Duchess, because less acid. In season it is not one of 

 the earliest, yet is a summer or late summer fruit. We might 

 Ireasonably expect this to become one of the great commercial 

 [apples of our country. 



Ukrainskoe. — I was very much struct by a young tree I saw 

 It Vilna, in full bearing. It looked as if bearing a crop of un- 

 :olored Northern Spy. At Orel we hear of it as a hardy tree, and 

 good apple, but not as productive as some other kinds. Mr. 

 shroeder also notes it as a light bearer, but says the tree is hardy, 

 ind that it is a good cooking and second qualitied eating apple 

 i^hich ships and keeps well. At Saratof, we are told of an apple 

 mder this name that has been grown there for a very long time, 

 Said to be quite hardy in that climate, and to keep till march, and 

 |t is noted there as one of their profitable market fruits. In the 

 lilder climate of Warsaw, our friends say, why grow L'krainskoe 

 green apple, when you might as well grow a red one. Color in 

 m apple is a very good point, yet I feel that any good late keep- 

 ing apple that thrives upon the Russian Steppes is worthy of trial. 

 Vargul. — A firm flatish conic apple of yellowish color, with 

 ^ome red on one side of extra quality, and keeps till May or June, 

 ^o says Mr. Shroeder. I do not think we saw it, yet we heard of 

 |t often in Middle Russia. At Tula an amateur friend puts it 

 »mong his five best varieties. At Orel, at Voronesh and Kursk, 

 ve hear an apple well spoken of under this name. ' 



Vargulok (or little Vargul) is often confounded with Vargul, 

 ind said by some to be the same. Mr. Shroeder has both, and 

 lescribes this as a medium sized yellowish green apple, good for 

 :ooking or table, a long keeper and tree hardy at Moscow. 



