220 WESTERN FRUIT BOOK. 



And yet any person, who has paid the slightest attention 

 to the growing of fruit, must certainly be well aware, that 

 from one hundred to two hundred miles,.^enerally, forms 

 the diameter of a circle in which many kinds of fruit can 

 be profitably and successfully raised. It is really neces- 

 sary that every locality should have its own fruits min- 

 utely and carefully described, and every thing relative to 

 their character, quality, size, use, season, appearance, 

 color, flavor, their popularitj* in market, keeping, etc., etc., 

 most accurately pointed out. In the first place, the soil 

 has a powerful influence in the modification of fruit — to 

 such a degree that some arc of fine size, and of the great- 

 est excellence, in one soil, and of very little, if any value 

 in another. It also changes the time of their maturity, 

 and has a great effect on the vigor and health of a tree, 

 its size, and age, or longevity. Climate, also, has a most 

 important effect ujoon both trees and fruit. Some kinds 

 will succeed only where they have been raised, not being 

 able to endure, without much injury, their removal two 

 hundred, or even one hundred miles,'dn any direction, 

 from their native place ; while others, again, seem to euo- 

 ceed well in almost every latitude, and even in foreign 

 lands. Most of the apples of Europe are failures with ns; 

 and how much is it desirable that we should have a most 

 critical acquaintance with them, so as to be able to point 

 out to new-beginners the fruit which will answer their 

 expectations, satisfy their palates, assist their pockets, 

 and save their time. 



Early Sweetwater. Form, roundish, with a slight 

 suture; leaves, with globose glands ; flowers, large ; flesh, 

 white, melting, juicy, sweet, and pleasant; color, pale 

 white, very seldom with a faint blush when fully exposed ; 

 size, 2 ; quality, 2 ; season, July and August ; freestone. 



Remarks. — Early. Eipens not long after the Early 



