80 THE FLORIST AND 



Spice Butter. Not, however, until, recently, have we been able to trace its 

 history ; for which we are chiefly indebted to Mr. Mahlon Moon, of Mor T 

 risville, Bucks County. This variety originated, about seventy years ago, 

 with Aaron Feaster, of Northampton Township, Bucks County. Having 

 sprung up on a piece of ground used as a meadow, Mr. Feaster called it the 

 meadow Pear ; subsequently it was named the Feaster. The original tree 

 is still standing, and continues, at the age of three-score years and ten, to 

 bear most abundantly. Some seasons, it has yielded five barrels of fruit, 

 which was sold for forty dollars. Although rather coarse in texture, and 

 somewhat gritty at the core, yet when properly house ripened, it is rich ? 

 melting, delicious, and in quality, "very good.'-' Judging from the form 

 and flavor, its parents are probably the Seckel and the Bergampt. Oc- 

 tober is its period of maturity. 



2. The Ilepler — grown by Mr. Hepler, of Beading. A native winter 

 Apple described in the ad interim Beport for April last. The present spe- 

 cimens differ from those sent us last spring, in being larger, two and three- 

 fourths inches, by three and one-fourth ; in possessing a short stem, three 

 eighths long, by one eight thick, and in having a marbled red cheek with 

 usually one or more white marks, as if the red coloring matter had been en- 

 tirely rubbed off. Specimens not sufficiently mature for testing. 



3. The Fornwalder, Fallenwaltler, or Fallnwater. — We have been in- 

 formed by some of the old inhabitants of Beading, that this variety origi- 

 nated with a Mr. Fornwald, of that place ; hence the name Fornwalder. 

 In our notice of it in. the March ad interim Beport, we considered it of 

 "good" quality. The specimens received by us this season, being remarka- 

 bly fine, measuring more than a foot in circumference, have given us a still 

 more favorable opinion of it. Indeed the uniformly large size, unblemished 

 appearance and fair quality of the, Fornwalder render it worthy of being 

 more widely cultivated. 



4. The Rambo. Philadelphia was plentifully supplied, some years ago, 

 with this apple, from the neighboring state of New Jersey. Now it has al- 

 most entirely disappeared from our market. The specimens, however, sent 

 by Mr. Kessler, clearly indicate that it still flourishes in the vicinity of 

 Beading. 



5. The Kcim — grown on the premises of Mrs. Kessler. This native 

 apple, of Berks County, w r e noticed in our February and March "ad inte- 

 rim" Beports. The present specimens are larger and fairer than those pre- 

 viously received, but have not yet reached their period. 



6. The Krouser — a native apple, noticed in our December and Feb- 

 uary Beports. 



7. Unknown — grown near Dixon, Illinois. Size, very large, three and 

 one-quarter inches long by four broad ; form, roundish, obscurely conical, 

 somewhat compressed at the sides ; color yellowish green, with a faint blush; 

 stem, short, stout, half an inch long, by one-sixth thick, inserted in a wide, 

 obtuse cavity ; calyx, open, set in a deep, rather narrow basin, slightly 

 plaited. Not mature. 



8. Unknown — grown near Dixon, Illinois. Size, very large, three inch- 

 es long, by three and seven-eighths broad ; form, oblate ; color, brownish 



