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25. i*' rthem Spy. — Large, greenish, striped 

 with red, and when ripe quite covered on the 

 sunny side with dark crimson, with a fine bloom ; 

 flesh yellowish, juicy, rich, and higly aroma "", 

 retaining its freshness and flavor till July. Trte, 

 a remarkably rapid and erect "grower, and even- 

 tually a gretit bearer, though slow to come a 

 bearing ; commences vegetation very late in 

 spring, and thus escapes spring frosts when in 

 bloom ; one of the best and most beautiful long- 

 keeping apples known. January to July. This 

 kind has not yet answered expectations in Lower 

 Canada. 



8WKET APPLSS. 



For those who like sweet apples, or who wish 

 to cultivate them largely for feeding stock, for 

 drying, or other purposes, for which they are 

 very profitable, the following list will be found 

 suitable : — 



Bough. — Described already. August. 



Golden Sweeting. — Large, roundish, pale yel- 

 low ; a fair, fine, sweet apple ; a strong grower 

 and good bearer. August. 



Summer Sweet Paradise. — A large, fine, sweet 

 apple ; round, greenish yellow, juicy, sweet, and 

 rich. August and September. 



Jersey Sweet.— ^edhiva, striped yellow and red, 

 very handsome, tender, juicy, and sweet ; excel- 

 lent for cooking and feeding stock. August to 

 October. 



Lyman's Pumpkin Sweet. — Large, pale-yellow 

 with a blush on sunny side ; waxen and beautiful, 

 tender, sweet, and fine ; a great bearer. Sep- 

 tember. 



Superb Sweet. — Large, roundish, yellow and 

 red; tender, juicy, and .lob flavored; tree a 

 good bearer and grower, and succeeds well in 

 Maine. September and October. • 



Bailey Sweet. — A magnificent sweet apple of 

 the largest size, deep reddish crimson ; flesh yel- 

 low, tender, sweet, juicy, and rich ; tree strong 

 erect grower, and productive. October to Janu- 

 ary. 



JJanvers Winter Sweet. — Medium, with 

 brownish orange blush, sweet and good ; valu- 

 able winter fruit for baking or stock. Decem- 

 ber to April. 



Ladies' Sweet. — Large, green and red (nearly 

 quite red), sweet, sprightly, and perfumed ; one 

 of the best winter sweet apples. November to 

 May. 



Tallman Sweeting. — Medium, pale yellow 

 tinged with red ; flesh firm, rich, and very sweet ; 



excellent for baking ; tree vigorous and produc- 

 tive. November to April. 



Well's Sweeting. — Medium, green ; flesh tender, 

 sprightly, and rich ; an excellent early sweet ap- 

 ple ; tree a very stout, upright grower, and good 

 bearer. November to January. 



ADDITIONAL LIST. 



The followmg list are all very excellent apples. 

 Many persons would put some of them in the 

 select list of twenty-five in place of some I have 

 placed tbfi'e. A few of them are not well known 

 or have not been yet generally proved :— 



Benoni. — Medium, round, red ; flesh tender, 

 juicy, and rich ; good bearer, and strong, upright 

 grower. August. 



Early Joe. — Below medium to small ; yellow, 

 nearly covered with bright and dark red stripes ; 

 very tender, and one of the most delicious 

 apples ; tree slow but vigorous grower and 

 very hardy. For Lower Canada this should be 

 put in the select list in place of American Sum- 

 mer Pearmain, or Garden Royal. August. 



Primate. — Medium, greenish white, with a 

 crimson Mush on the exposed side ; flesh white, 

 very tender, sprightly, mild subacid ; an excel- 

 lent dessert apple ; tree a strong and stocky 

 grower, forming a beautiful head. Last of 

 August, continuing in use till October. This 

 variety does well in Lower Canada. 



William's Favorite.— ^Large, oblong, bright 

 red ; rich and excellent ; one ot the best and most 

 beautiful of apples ; a good bearer, but tree a 

 poor, irregular grower. August. 



Maiden's Blush. — A beautiful, medium-sized 

 apple ; clear, pale yellowish white, with a beau- 

 tiful blush on the suany side ; tender and plea- 

 sant ; tree erect, good grower and good bearer. 

 This is much cultivated in Western Michigt.n 

 for the Chicago market, where it is a great favor- 

 ite and commands the highest price. Septem- 

 ber and October. 



Ooyeau. — Very large, yellow, extremely ten- 

 der, rather acid and the very bast summer and 

 early autumn cooking apple, and to those who 

 like a very tender acid apple, an excellent table 

 fruit, but it is too soft for orchard or market, 

 as the slightest pressure bruises it, and it bursts 

 open in falling from the tree ; no garden should be 

 without one or two trees ; a strong straggling 

 grower, and bears annually a large crop of fine, 

 large, fair fruit ; a native of Windsor, C.W., and 

 not generally known. August and September. 



The Peach Apple. — A beautiful mediimi-sized. 





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