By Mr. Michael Floy. 



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Aster's garden in the Bowery, (a street so called,) here. It 

 is a very rich, juicy, sweet, fine-sized Peach, much like the 

 Washington, and ripens about the same time ; stone small. 

 It is worthy of cultivation. 



Apples. 



1. Early Bough Apple. This is the first large-sized 

 Apple that appears in our markets ; but it cannot be con- 

 sidered fine for cooking, being a sweet Apple. It is very 

 pleasant for the table when ripe. 



2. Honey Greening. I have not seen the fruit of this 

 kind ; the grafts were brought to me from Connecticut, by 

 Timothy Green, Esq. who recommended it very highly, as 

 one of the finest kinds of Apples. 



3. Early July Pippin. A very fine Apple, of handsome 

 size, perfectly ripe in July, and excellent both for cooking 

 and as a dessert fruit. It is the best early Apple I know. 



4. Ortley Apple* The grafts of this Apple were brought 

 to me by Mr. Ortley, of this place, from New Jersey. It 

 is an excellent keeping Apple, and finer flavoured than the 

 Newtown Pippin, according to his judgment ; I have eaten 

 of the fruit, and think it quite as good. It is certainly a dis- 



* Several fine specimens of the Ortley Apple were received from Mr. Floy in 

 February, 1S25, and exhibited at the Meeting of the Horticultural Society on 

 the 1st and 15th of March subsequently. The Apple bears a close resemblance 

 to the Yellow Newtown Pippin, but is a little more oval. The eye is large and 

 well formed, not being deeply sunk, and is surrounded by many small folds or 

 plaits. The stalk is slender, inserted in a deep even-formed basin. The skin 

 is a bright clear yellow where shaded ; and where exposed, is of a bright scarlet, 

 sprinkled with a few spots of russet. The flesh is inclining to yellow, crisp and 

 breaking, very juicy, with the same Pine Apple flavour which distinguishes the 

 Newtown Pippin. Sec. 



