52 FRUIT CULTURE. 



our own family supply, and if our space will 

 not admit the winter kinds, we can rest as- 

 sured the market will be well supplied with 

 such at moderate cost. 



The apple is cultivated in all sections of 

 our country, and is everywhere esteemed as a 

 valuable fruit. But it is certain that it attains 

 the highest excellence in quality in the north- 

 ern limits. At the South, and even in the 

 Middle States, the growth may be fine and 

 large, but there is a lack of crispness and 

 juice which is very evident in comparison 

 with the solid specimens from the colder 

 sections. This is true of the fruits from Cal- 

 ifornia and the lower Western States, which 

 produce apples of largest size, but lacking in 

 flavor. A marked instance of this effect is 

 seen in the Fameuse, or Snow apple as it is 

 called. As produced in Canada or in Maine, 

 it is of highest excellence, and readily com- 

 mands two or three times the price of ordi- 

 nary varieties, it being an earl}^ winter apple. 

 But in warmer latitudes it is an inferior fall 

 fruit. Different sections will require varieties 

 adapted to each locality, and this can only be 

 determined by trial. In general we know 

 that some rank-growing kinds, like the Bald- 

 win, are not hardy in Northern Vermont 



