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THE ILLINOIS FARMEK. 



Aug. 



protection is the best. Planted north side of 

 board fences, where f-now will cover and keep oif 

 winds sometimes succeeds. Straw is too looso ; 

 allows too free a circulation of winds. 



APPLES — SEASON LIST I.'i FOUK DEPARTMENTS. 



No. 1 — Extra hardy list of good varieties in 

 use from July to Spring foudd successful in the 

 valleys and undrained soils, if well ridged with 

 the plow. 



1 — Red Astrachan, 

 2— Fall Stripe, 

 3 — Sweet Pear, 

 4— Fall Wine Sap, 

 5 — Sweet Wine, 



6 — Canada Black, 

 7 — Talman Sweet, 

 8 — Perry Russet, 

 9 — Eng. Golden Russet, 

 10 — Red Romanite. 



No. 2 — Hardy list of excellent varieties in ad- 

 dilion to No. 1, of early and long keepers, for 

 elevated well-drained locations, of any aspect, 

 and for rich soils. 



11— Sweet June, 



12 — Summer Golden 



Sweet, 

 13 — Early Pennock 

 14— Duchess of Old- 

 enburg. 

 15 — Sops of Wine, 

 16 — St. Lawrence, 

 17 — Aut. Strawberry, 

 18 — Benoni 

 19— Snow, 



20— Colvert, 



21 — Bailey Sweet, 



22— Cider, 



23— W. Seeknofurther, 



24 — Vandevere, 



25 — Yellow Bellflower, 



26 — Pomme Grise, 



27— Winter Wine Sap, 



28— Northern Spy, 



29— Willow Twig, 



30 — Rawle's Janet. 



No. 3 — Half hardy and tender list, which are 

 number one in quality, but require high ground, 

 well drained, and medium soil, with cool aspect. 

 July to spring. 



31— Early Harvest, 

 32— Red June, 

 33 — S immer Queen, 

 34 — Keswick Codlin, 

 35 — Maiden's Blush, 

 36 — Pumpkin Sweet, 

 37— Hawley, 

 38— Fall Pippin, 

 39— Twenty Ounce, 

 40 — Rambo, 

 41_White Bellflower, 



42— King, 

 43 — Fallawater, 

 44 — Wagner, 

 45 — Herefordshire Pear- 

 main, 

 46 — Swaar, winter, 

 47 — Belmont, 

 48 — R. I. Greening, 

 49 — English Russet, 

 50 — Dominie. 



No. 4 — Imateur list of old and new varieties, 

 some of which will be found among the beat for 

 general cultivation. 



71- 

 72- 

 73 

 74- 



61— Early Joe, 68- 



52 — Early Strawberry, 69- 



53 — Summer Rose, 70 

 54 — Cole's Quince, 

 55— Early Red, 

 56 — Porter, 

 57 — Cranberry, 



58— Williams' Favorite, 75 



59— Pear Sweet, 76 



60— Primate, 77- 



61— Drap d'Or, 78- 



62— Water, 79- 



6^ — Cooper, 80- 



64 — Rossean, 81 



Co — Sweet Gillflower, 82 



CG— Fulton, 83 

 S7 — Saxton, 



■Hurlbut, 

 Utters, 



•Rome Beauty, 

 Jersey Black, 

 ■Smokehouse, 

 ■Harper's Sweet, 

 ■White Apple, 

 -Jefferson, 

 •Chester co. Redst'k 

 ■Danvers W. Sweet, 

 Lady, 



■Campfield Sweet, 

 -Ft. Miami, 

 Black Vandevere, 

 Chronicle, 

 Dumelows. 



No. 5 — List of vigorous sorts, found adapted 

 to sandy soils.- Nos. 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 22, 24, 

 28, 45, 50, 64. 



PEEBY RUSSEX — (SYN. GOLDEN RUSSET.) 



Tree moderate grower, with redish, brown 

 wood, beautiful and spreading in the orchard, 

 but good nursery tree, as it loses nothing by go- 

 ing backward, and has no waste wood if properly 

 summer pruned by the hand. 



It was formerly introduced into this State from 

 Western New York, under the above names, but 

 seems to have been lost sight of by Eastern fruit 

 growers. 



It finds a congenial home in the rich prairie 

 soils of the Northwest, to which, its extreme 

 hardiness and uniformity of growth seem adapted. 



Fruit above medium size ; nearly round, often 

 little flattened conical ; color yellow, evenly rus- 

 seted with many specks and occasional russet 

 patches ; stem short ; cavity medium, thickly 

 russeted ; calyx small, closed ; basin regular, 

 narrow and deep ; core small, seeds few ; flesh 

 yellowish white, compact but tender, juicy, mild 

 sub-acid. 



It is less saccharine than the English Golden 

 Russet, much finer in appearance, nearly twice 

 as large, more tender fleshed, and more valuable 

 as a dessert fruit than the latter, and equally 

 hardy. In common with all the Russets, it is li- 

 able to wilt unless kept in a cold place. 



[We have fruited the above for several years, 

 and find it all that is claimed for it. We pre- 

 sented specimens at the meeting in Chicago, but 

 they were much less in size than those from Wis- 

 consin, but pronounced identical by Hanford, 

 Willey and others. We received them from Buf- 

 falo nursery of Col. B. Hodge, under the name 

 of Winter Russet, which we retained. Pough- 

 keepsie Russet, Cheesboro' Russet, and a half 

 dozen other cognomens. But this was always a 

 characteristic trait of the Colonel to give you a 

 fruit under at least half a dozen difl'erent names 

 without any assurance that either would be the 

 true one. Ed, Ills. Farmer.] 



CIDER. 



Resembles the St. Lawrence in tree, but more 

 vigorous, great bearer, very hardy and product- 

 ive; fruit, large, oval, medium sized, red striped ; 

 stem slender, in a very narrow; deep cavity ; ca- 

 lyx small, closed, slight basin, core medium ; 

 seeds many, small ; flesh, white, tender, brisk, 

 sub-acid ; excellent cooking and eating. Sept- 

 ember to January. It promises to become one 

 of the few completely successful in the rich soils 

 of the West. 



fall STRIPE. 



Vigorous, beautiful grower, extremely hardy 

 great and early bearer ; fruit, medium size 

 nearly round, uniformly fair, tender, aromatic, 

 sub-acid flavor, which takes everywhere; season, 

 August aDd September ; for family and market; 



