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III Ilis Pomona Ilcretbiclicnsis, lie tells us that " those ap- 

 ples, which have been long in cultivation, are on the de- 

 t-ay. Tiic lledstreak and Golden Pippin can no longer 

 lie propagated with advantage. The fruit, like the parent 

 trei', is .iiri-ctcd by the debilitated old age of the variety." 

 Ami in his treatise' on the culture of the apple and pear, 

 lu- says : " The ]\Ioil and its successful rival, the Red- 

 stiivik, with the ^[ust .and Golden Pippin, are in the last 

 slam- "I" decay, and the Stire and Foxwhelp are hasten- 

 ing rapidly after tlicm." In noticing the decay of apple 

 trees, Pliny probably refers to particular trees, rather than 

 the wliiije of any variety, when he says that "apples be- 

 eoiiie old sooner than any other tree, and the fruit be- 

 eoines smaller and is subject to be cankered and worm- 

 eaten, even while on the trees." — Lib. XVI, Chap. 27. 



Speedily combated the views of Mr. Knight, and says : 

 " It is inu(;h to be regretted that this apparently visionary 

 notion of the extinction of certain kinds of apples should 

 liave been promulgated by authors of respectability^ since 

 the mistake will, for a time at least, be productive of sev- 

 eral ill eonseqncnccs." 



Some of the ol<l English varieties that were supposed 

 tt) he worn out or exhausted, .appear to have taken a new 

 lease of life in this country, but we have not yet had a 

 long euoiigh exjierience to decide this question. Many of 

 the earlier native favorites of the orcliard have, for some 

 reason, disapjieared from cultivation — whether they have 

 run out, wi're oritrina'ly deficient in vigor, or have merely 

 lieeii siiper>eded by morc acceptable varieties, does not 

 ap|..:ir. 



.Air. Phillips, in his Companion, st-ites "that in 1819, he 



