DESCRIPTIVE LISTS. 



167 



4. Summer Pearmain. 

 The summer pearmain is too well known as a 

 fruit of the first order, to require any recommenda- 

 tion or description of its good qualities, only that it 

 deserves a place in every good collection of fruit, as 

 an excellent summer apple. It ripens in August and 

 September ; tree an abundant bearer. 



5. Fall Harvey. 

 A fine large fall and early winter apple, exten- 

 sively cultivated in the state of Massachusetts, more 

 particularly in the county of Essex, where, accord- 

 ing to the opinion of Mr Manning, it may have ori- 

 ginated, who says, " It is., without question, the 

 finest fall and early winter apple _;" a good bearer, 

 and deserving extensive cultivation. 



6. Hawthomdean. 

 A very handsome middle sized apple, with a rich 

 juicy white flesh and yellow skin with red next the 

 sun ; well adapted for a fruit garden. The Haw- 

 thomdean is evidently one of the best kind of apples 

 we have to cultivate in a close confined ground, as 

 it bears on very small trees, and gives a good annual 

 produce, and is one of the best apples for the mar- 

 ket in the fall. Bears equally well in any part of 

 the Middle States. 



7. Porter. 



" Originated on the farm of the Rev. Samuel 

 Porter, in Sherburne, Mass." — Manning. This 

 fine fruit ripens in September and October, and may 

 be considered as a superior apple in quality, and a 

 first rate bearer. 



