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bears at the ends of the branches. It does not bear pruning, and 

 ought to be allowed to grow freely. Then the Melon apple (fig. 



Fig. 235. — Melon 

 Apple. 



Fig. 236. — Cox's Orange 

 Pippin. 



Fig. 237. — Gulden 

 Pippin. 



Fig. 238.— Court ot 

 Wick. 



235) comes into use, a fruit of delicate texture trom America, 

 together with Cox's Orange Pippin (fig. 236), an apple of the highest 

 quality, which should be grown in quantity, and the little Golden 

 Pippin (fig. 237) of ancient celebrity. Horticulturists, speak of this 

 apple as a fruit of the past, but in my garden it fruits freely on small 



F'lG. 239. — Coe's 

 Golden Drop. 



■ Fig. 240. — Court- 

 pendu Plat. 



Fig. 241. — Manning- 

 ton's Fearmain. 



Fig. 242.— Northern Spy. 



trees worked on the Paradise stock. The latter part of December 

 adds to our list the Court of Wick Pippin (fig. 238), Coe's Golden 

 Drop (fig. 239), and Court-pendu Plat (fig. 240),— all valuable for 

 their property of keeping till spring. 



About this time we have Mannington's Pearmain (fig. 241), which 

 is a very fine apple ; and the Northern Spy (fig. 242), which has the 



Fig. 243.— American 

 Newtown Pippin. 



Fig. 244. — Reinette of 

 Canada. 



Fig. 245.— Gold6n 

 Harvey. 



Fig. 246.— Early- 

 Nonpareil. 



delicate texture of other American apples. This apple attains to 

 great perfection and beauty in the orchard-house! 



