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•20. Red Canada, 

 •21. Melon. 



♦22. Esopus Spilzenburg, 

 •23. Rhode Island Greening. 

 •24. Wageuer. 

 25. Northern Spy. 



The following list are alsc excellent varieties, 

 and are much prized in some localities, but they 

 have not been so generally proven : — 



•26. Benoni, Summer. 



•27. Early Joe " 



•28. Maiden's Blush, Autumn. 



•29. Goyeau " 



•30. Domine, Winter. 



•31. Dutch Mignonne, 



32. Kingof Tompkias Co. 



33. Pecks Pleasant, 

 •34. Canada Reinette, 



35. Golden Russet, 



36. Swaar, 

 •37. Roxbury Russet, 



For those who like sweet apples, or wish to 

 plant them largely for feeding stock, making sweet 

 cider, or drying, the following list will be found 

 useful : — 



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38. Golden Sweet, 



Summer. 



39. SummerSweet Paradise, " 



40. Jersey Sweet, Autumn. 



41. Spice Sweet, " 



42. Bailey Sweet, Winter. 



43. Danvers Winter Sweet, 

 •44. Ladies' Sweet, 



45. Tallman Sweeting, 



46. Well's Sweeting, 



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Crabs. — 47. The Montreal Beanty Crab is de- 

 cidedly the b^st and handsomest of all 

 the Crabs. 48. The Red Siberian, and 

 49, the Yellow Siberian, are also very 

 beautiful when in fruit, and 50, " El- 

 liot's fine cra,b," is a new variety that is 

 the most beautiful of all besides, being 

 a fine straight-growing tree. 



Those marked with an asterisk have been 

 proved to succeed in Lower Canada. As all the 

 crabs grow well, even whore apples do not 

 thrive, it is unnecessary to mark them. 



If any others of the above apples have been 

 proved in Lower Canada, I would be glad to 

 learn the fact. 



The different varieties of the Crab Apple are 

 very useful for preserves or jelly, and are also 

 exceedingly ornamental, both while in fruit 

 and flower ; besides, they are the hardiest of all 

 the varieties of )he apple, and are uninjured by 

 the greatest degree of cold. The " Early Joe," 

 in the above list of' summer apples, though an 

 excellent fruit and great bearer, would hardly be 

 worthy of its place, were it not that it is more 

 nearly allied to the Crab, from its mode of 



growth, than any other apple, and nearly equally 

 hardy. 



The following is a descriptive list of twenty-five of 

 the best apples for general culture^ arranged 

 in the order of ripening. 



BUMMER APPLES. 



1. Earlg i7arvei<.— Medium size, pale-yellow, 

 rich sub-acid ; tree handsome, upright grower 

 and good bearer ; ripens latter part of July and 

 August. 



2. Astrachan Red.—h&Tge, deep vermilion 

 red, covered with bloom like a plum ; tender and 

 juicy, but rather acid; tree handsome, and free 

 grower, but not very productive when young. 

 Its great beauty will always make it a popular 

 fruit ; ripens latter part of July and August. 



3. Bough, large yellow, or Sweet Bough. — 

 Very large, pale yellow, very tender, sweet and 

 excellent ; ripens in August. 



4. American Summer Pearmain. — Medium 

 size, oblong, red and yellow streaked, dotted 

 over with whitish spots, very tender, so much 

 so, that when ripe, it bursts open in falling from 

 the tree, and sometimes cracks open in very wet 

 weather on the tree itself; a delicious apple, 

 one of the very best for gardens, but rather a 

 weak and slow grower for orchards ; ripens 

 gradually during August and September. 



5. Garden Royal. — Round; somewhat flatten- 

 ed ; red and yellow; very excellent quality ; a very 

 handsome and regular, though not a strong or 

 fast, grower ; more suited to garden culture than 

 orchard ; it is the handsomest grower as a Dwa» '' 

 on the Doucin stock of any ; bears early and well ; 

 its great merits should be better known. August 

 and September. 



6. Keswick Codlin.—LsiTge, oblong, pale yel- 

 low, acid, but excellent for cooking ; tree erect 

 and vigorous ; a very early and great bearer ; 

 fruit always large and fair. In planting an 

 orchard the trees might be placed fifteen feet 

 apart, having eve.y alternate one ot this variety 

 or of the Hawthornden, the ;ruit from which 

 would pay for the whole cost long before the 

 finer varieties occupied the ground, or were fairly 

 in bearing ; after which they could be taken out. 

 Ripens during September and October, but fit 

 for cooking early in August. 



AUTOMN APPLES. 



7. Autumn Strawberry. — Medium to large 

 size, streaked with light and dark red ; tender, 

 juicy, and fine ; one of the best, ripening during 

 September and October. 



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