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chard of Israel l*utnam (of wolf-killing memory) in Pom- 

 fret, Connecticut. In the Ohio Cultivator for August 1st, 

 1846, may be found the following authentic list of the va- 

 rieties propagated : — 



"1. Putiiam Rnssct; (Roxbiiryl. 



2. Seek-no-furtliev, (Wcsttield.) 



3. Eiirly Cliandler. 



4. Gilliflowcr. 



5. Pound Royal, (Lowell). 



6. Natural, (a sccdliiiir). 



7. Bbodc Island Greening-. 



8. Yellow Greening. 



9. Golden Pippin. 



10. Long Island Pijipin. 



11. Tallman Sweeting. 



13. Striped Sweeting. 



13. Honey Greening. 



14. Kent l'ij)piu. 



15. Cooper. 



16. Striped Gilliflowcr. 



17. Bliick, do. 



18. Prolific Beauty. 



19. Queening, (Summer Queen?) 



20. English Pearmain. 



21. Grceu Pippin. 



23. Spitzenberg, (Esopus ?) 



Many of these have disappeared from the orchards and 

 from the nurserymen's catalogues." 



