62 THE MINIATURE FRUIT GARDEN 



apples from the pips of the Golden Pippin, Golden 

 Reinette, Ribston Pippin, and other esteemed sorts. 

 These, in course of time, all bore fruit, but, as not one 

 was found superior to its parent, I did not cultivate 

 them. Why I mention this is, that among my seed- 

 lings were several that put out roots near the surface, 

 and the cuttings of which struck root. It is only 

 within these few years that I have had my attention 

 drawn to two of these, one of which has very broad 

 leaves, and a most healthy and vigorous habit ; the 

 other, a habit equally vigorous, but with a great tend- 

 ency to form fruit-spurs. The former I have named 

 the Broad-leaved Paradise, the latter, the Nonesuch 

 Paradise ; they are likely to form a revolution in ap- 

 ple culture, as the varieties of apples grafted on them 

 form such healthy and fruitful trees. 



The Pomme de Paradis seems identical with the 

 " dwarf apple of Armenia," referred to in the " Jour- 

 nal of the Horticultural Society," Part 2, Yol. 3, 

 page 115. It is exceedingly dwarf in its habit, and 

 too tender for this climate, unless in very warm and 

 dry soils. Out of 2,000 imported in 1815, more than 

 half died the first season, and two-thirds of the re- 

 mainder the following. They were planted in fine 

 fertile loam, favorable to the growth of apples, and on 

 which the Doucin, planted the same season, grew 

 with the greatest vigor. The same result attended 

 an importation of 2,000 in 1846. I have now potted 

 some plants, and owing, as I suppose, to the roots 

 being warmed through the pots by exposure to the 

 sun, they seem inclined to make very nice little fruit- 

 ful bushes — in fact, real miniature apple trees, bearing 



