SPICY GLOBE APPLE 
HEN we commenced the Fmitist, as an addi- 
tion to the Botanic Garden, it was with the 
desire of extending the cultivation of those val- 
uable varieties of garden and orchard fmits, 
which have hitherto been but little known, most 
j . of them being confined to the London Horticul- 
tural Society's gardens ; whilst a small portion have been pos- 
sessed by the nobility, and some of the respectable nurserymen. 
We have long ago observed, and observed with regret, how very 
little is known, through the country, of the superior new seed- 
ling Apples and Pears, both foreign and British, and how well 
satisfied fruit producers have been with those that they already 
possess; this reminds us of Sterne's words “It is the fate of man- 
kind, too often, to seem insensible of what they may enjoy at the 
easiest rate.” We were not, however, wholly aware of the extent 
of that field which we had opened for our labours, — of the many 
