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Garden and Forest. 



[December 5, 18U8. 



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Fig. 75, — Acidanthera bicolor,— See page 4S4. 



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Favorite requires liigii culture to brings out its merits, but 

 so grown it takes the first place in the better class of fruit- 

 stores, though inferior grades are freely sold on the street. 

 The new Russian Apple, Yellow Transparent, is beginning to lie 

 seen, and, as it is so easily grown, and conies so soon to 

 bearing, it is likely to rival the Favorite in popularity. These 

 two Apples are about of one size and shape ; the one a solid, 

 rich red, and the other a clear, straw yellow. Among the 

 summer sweet Apples the Sweet Bough stands first; but sweet 

 dessert Apples are comparatively little in request, and not 



common on the stands or in the shops. I give the name by 

 which this Apple is commonly known, though Downing gives 

 preference to Large Yellow Bough. I frequently hear it 

 called still "Sweet Harvest," though not so often as when 

 it was more often sold with the Early Harvest. As we go 

 northward we find Sops of Wine and Red Astrachan— the first 

 in Maine, and the other all through \'ermont and New Hamp- 

 shire, as well as Maine. In Vermont, especially in the Cham- 

 plain Valley, the Summer Pippin (locally known as " Paper- 

 skin," and elsewhere in the State as " Champlain") has great 



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