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excellent, and of the finest texture. Dr. Humphreys, of 

 Portsmouth, Ohio, says it is from France. Barrels of 

 Cooper apples were exhibited at the Ohio State Pair, in 

 1850, and nothing at that season equaled them. It is, cer- 

 tainly, one of the vevy best Fall apples. Professor F. G. 

 Gary says, "It is' exceedingly well adapted to the locality 

 of Cincinnati." The fruit is fair and beautiful; not of 

 high flavor. 



Cooper's Eedling, of New York. 



Eemarks. — " Little known ; second rate." — Trans. Ohio 

 Pom. Society. 



Cooper's ErssETiNO. Color, yellow, with some russet ; 

 form, long ovate; quality, 2 ; season, November to Spring. 



Eemarks. — Fruit, dry, sweet, and rich. Excellent for 

 cider, and cooking. 



Cornish Gillifiower. Color, dark green and yellow ; 

 form, ovate ; size, 2 ; use, table ; quality, 3 ; season, August 

 to April. 



Eemarks. — Much esteemed in England. A bad bearer 



that having observed many of his apple trees become cankered at a cer- 

 tain period of growth, he was induced to examine the nature of the soil, 

 at the gi-eatest depth the roots had penetrated, and which he found con- 

 sisted of gravel. Not being willing to give over the propagation of apple 

 trees, he caused a pavement of bricks to be made on the bed of gravel, 

 which obliged the roots to take a horizontal direction, and thereby pre- 

 vented them from reaching the gravel , since which they have been free 

 from canker. 



Another kind of Canker, or Blight, is a sort of white mold around the 

 lower part of the trunk, which causes the bark to part from the wood ; 

 probably caused by the Winter sun (often particularly warm, even at 

 that season of the year, in this climate) after severe frosts, which', when 

 the sap has been frozen causes it to thaw, and being unable to circulate, 

 it goes into fermentation, and rots. 



