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FOR THE WESTERN STATES. 



Perhaps the Poughkeepsie Russet might be advantageously 

 added to each of the above lists of winter apples in which it is 

 not inserted ; and for Southern culture Elliott mentions the 

 " Carolina Winter Queen" and the " Nickejack" from North 

 Carolina as apples of superior promise. For the Middle, North- 

 ern, and Eastern States, the Donald apple, somewhat known as 

 Watson's Long Keeper, is worthy of careful and extended trial. 

 The tree is erect and vigorous ; fruit of a roundish-oblong or 

 conical form, golden yellow, with a bright blush-" painted" 

 cheek, fine-grained and tender, a very mild subacid, yet of pe- 

 culiar spirit and excellence, whether raw or cooked. In general, 

 the lists given will be found satisfactory, but attention to the re- 

 marks on selection of kinds, page 192, will be always important. 



