PRICE SIX CENTS, 
S‘J.50 PER, YEAR. 
VOL. XXIX. No. 17 
WHOLE No. 1*05. 
mo by the Rural Public^ r.m.eu.w. to the office ,.f u,, Libnirimi of oo-utn,- at Washington^ 
endeavors to ftost his readers “upon the cold unharmed. I' 
comparative value of varieties and especially it does not gro w la 
those varieties adapted to the colder parts of the name of “ Ru 
the State.” crftb - ltla > bt,w,vv 
SUMMER APPLES. ivtw inner Harm. 
TetOfsky. —This is a thoroughly hardy supposed to be tin 
sort, handsome, of good size and very good but t is very distil 
quality. It is so good that it is likely to re- »» a large and v cry 
place the Early Harvest, even where the early in Seplcmbi 
latter can be grown, befog an earlier and bearer and piodu 
better bearer, and the fruit always free the size and coloi 
from scab and crack. It is a yellow apple, u«g (though witho 
sometimes with a pinkish cheek, lias a pleas- a tine yellow. 1 i 
ant ucid flavor, and is ripe in August. Its of this color n 
firm flesh makes it an unusually good slap; with the Red / 
nine apple for a summer fruit, and it also variety, too sour 
[Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 
pleasant. A. correspondent or tne tvuuAn 
New-Yorker, who has cultivated it over 15 
yearssays:—“ When you put it in your mouth 
and suck it, it all dissolves and you have 
nothing to throw out but the skin aud seed. 
It is uo more acrid nor any' harder at the 
seed than just under the skin.” The same 
writer says, “ One objection to it is that in 
wet weather some of the fruit will crack and 
become rather insipid ; but in dry weather 
it is all right. Gather it just as it begins to 
color and it will improve in its flavor and it 
will bear shipping a four or five day’s ride. 
This fruit is from one to one and u-hall’ 
inches in diameter ; its color is a bright red 
with some bloom ; seed, small and flat. Of 
its market value we kuow little—have no 
data. But so attractive a fruit is not likely 
to be a drug on the market. 
WILD GOOSE PLUM 
I have seen this plum frequently men¬ 
tioned in the Rural New-Yorker and other 
papers and should be glad to kxi°w moro 
about it. Can you not give us an il.ustration 
of it ? Jsit, haruy, onreulio-proof, productive, 
good quality and valuable for market ■ n 
von or your correspondents will give tins 
information it will oblige— Lysand«k Smith. 
We give herewith an illustration of this 
plum. Tt, is a hardy tree so far as we have 
information from different localities. That 
it, i« ftiitiralv eurculio-proof we cannot ns- 
APPLES FOR VERMONT. 
The Editor of the Vermont Farmer thus 
