62 THE MINIATURE FRUIT GARnKX. 



apples from the pips of the CJolden Pippin, Golden 

 Keinette, Kibstou Pippin, and other esteemed sorts. 

 These, in course of time, all bore fruit, but, as.ngt one 

 was found superior to its parent, I did not cultivate 

 them. Why I mention this is, that amon;; my seed- 

 lings were several that put out roots near the surface, 

 and the cuttings of which struck ro(jt. It is only 

 within these few years that I have had my attention 

 drawn to two of these, one of which has very broad 

 leaves, and a most healthy and ^-igorous habit ; the 

 other, a habit equally vigorous, but with a great tend- 

 ency to form fruit-spurs. The former I have named 

 the Broad-leaved Pannlise, the latter, tlie Xonesueh 

 Paradise ; they are likely to form a revolution In ajr)- 

 "ple culture, as the varieties of apples grafted on them 

 form such healtliy ami fruitful trees. 



The PoimiTO-4gi':ii'a<lis seems i(lentical with the 

 " dwarf apple of Armenia,^ refeiTed to in the " Jour- 

 nal of the Horticultural Soiiety," Part 2, Vol. 3. 

 page IIT). It is exceed in (/h/ dwart" in its haliit, and 

 too tender for this climate, unless in very warm and 

 dry soils. Out of 2,000 imported in lSi5, more than 

 half died the first sca.son, and two-tliirds of the re- 

 mainder the following. They were planted in fine 

 fertile loam, faxciraMe to the growth of apples, and on 

 whieli the Douriii, planted tlie same season, grew 

 with the greatest vigor. The same result attended 

 an iiujiortation of 2,000 in 1^4ti. I have now potted 

 somt^ ])lants, and owing, as 1 snpjiose, to the niots 

 being warmed through the jiot^ by exposure to the 

 sun, tliey seem inclined to make very nice little fruit- 

 ful bushes — in fact, real miniature apple trees, bc:mng 



