266 On a select Collection (/Apple Trees. 



is sufficient for every purpose required ; if better ones be 

 hereafter raised or discovered, they should be substituted 

 for the least valuable in the original selection. 



Of trees for the supply of the dessert with Apples, a larger 

 stock will be required ; perhaps to the extent of fifty or sixty 

 sorts. There are many reasons for extending the number 

 of our Dessert beyond that of our Kitchen Apples. The 

 difference in flavour is much more perceptible when the 

 fruit is in a raw state, than when it is dressed, consequently a 

 greater gradation of that quality alone will be required. The 

 taste of individual counsumers of fruit varies so considerably, 

 as to occasion particular sorts to be preferred by one person, 

 which are but little esteemed by another. The necessity also 

 of having a variety of eating Apples in use at one time, 

 makes it expedient to cultivate several kinds, which come 

 in season together, whereas one, or or at most two sorts of 

 Kitchen Apples are sufficient for the supply of any particular 

 period. 



In forming a collection of Dessert Apple trees, it will be 

 impossible to confine our choice to those which are hardy 

 and productive ; for if these two properties are considered 

 essential, some of our very best verieties must be rejected. 

 By a diligent collection of the existing good kinds, which 

 have not been brought into general notice, and by the 

 careful production of new plants, on the principles and 

 plans recommended by the President, we may probably 

 make much improvement in a few years. Too many of our 

 richest and best Apples are produced by trees which are 

 suffering, under the debilities of age, or from a weakness of 

 constitution, which, in younger trees, under the influence of a 



