1848. 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
217 
Gate , or Belmont. 
toffin variety, much cultivated in the vicinity of Ro¬ 
chester, and originally from Lower Canada. It is har¬ 
dy, productive and of free growth, and though usually 
very highly commended, we have never been able to 
place it above second rate. It is nearly round, ap¬ 
proaching flattish-conical, covered all over with dark or 
blackish red broken stripes, which are remarkably dis¬ 
tinct, and become very short and narrow as they ap¬ 
proach the calyx; stem half an inch long; calyx in a 
rather deep, even basin; flesh very white, often with 
minute red streaks, tender, rather spongy, acid. Fine 
for market. Ripens mid-autumn. 
Autumnal Swaar. —One of the finest sweet apples 
of autumn. Origin unknown. Large, flattish, rich 
yellow, usually a reddish brown cheek; stem often long 
and slender, sometimes short and rather thick; set in a 
wide, slightly uneven cavity; calyx in a wide, slightly 
ribbed basin; flesh very tender, yellowish, not juicy, 
with a very sweet, and agreeably spicy flavor. Mid¬ 
autumn. 
Melon, or Norton’s Melon .—-Originated in East 
Bloomfield, Ontario county, N. Y. It was first descri¬ 
bed in the Cultivator of 1845, p, 56, by Ellwanger & 
Barry, under the name of Norton’s melon: but as it 
originated in the Chapin and notin the Norton orchard, ; 
the first part of the name, which the rule of priority 
would otherwise compel us to retain, has been dropped. 
It has since been figured and described in Hovey’s Ma¬ 
gazine, the Genesee Farmer, and the Horticulturist. It 
is medium or rather large in size, roundish-conical, of¬ 
ten slightly flattened, nearly the whole surface hand¬ 
somely mottled and striped with full clear red, flesh 
white, tender, very juicy, with a fine, spicy, sub-acid 
flavor; when well ripened, first rate. The young trees 
are of remarkably slow growth. Although a fine va¬ 
riety, it. is not equal in richness to the Gate, Fall Pip¬ 
pin, or Gravenstein, but is much admired for its juici¬ 
ness and fresh, sprightly flavor. 
Le land’s Spice, or Leland’s pippin.*— Of excellent 
■* The HJditqr of the New England Farmer remarks, that as this 
is a red apple, it should not be called a jdppin» What is the mean- 
lug of the word u pippin ?” we have more than once asked the 
question, and have not received an answer. It cannot refer to the 
saape.—for the American and the Downton pippins are flat, while 
the Kibston and and Sugarloaf are conical; it cannot indicate size, 
ms lbs jOownton at id Golden are very sraail, and the Fall and Mon- 
Leland's Spice. 
quaiitv and great beauty of appearance, and cultivated 
so la.r as we know, only in the vicinity of Worcester, 
Mass. It is large, roundish, slightly conical, obscurely 
ribbed, very fair and smooth, with brilliant red streaks 
on a bright yellow; stem half an inch long, in a nar¬ 
row, ribbed cavity; calyx in a ribbed basin; flesh yel¬ 
low, tender, with a fine, spicy, sub-acid flavor—the 
New-E.igland Farmer says u a high strawberry like 
flavor.” It is a good bearer alternate years, and is de¬ 
cidedly a first rate fruit. We are indebted to S. H. 
Colton for specimens from Worcester. 
Preserving Buds and Grafts. 
The mode first suggested to us by T. G. Yeomans, 
of Walworth, N. Y., of preserving the scions of fruit 
trees in moist saw-dust, has proved superior to any oth¬ 
er. It is better than damp moss, in the facility with 
which the scion may be perfectly imbedded in it, leav¬ 
ing no interstices ; and it excells moist sand, in being 
lighter, more spongy, and entirely free from a grit 
which may injure a knife. We have without any diffi¬ 
culty preserved scions, which were cut in the summer 
for budding, till the following spring, and inserted them 
as grafts with entire success ; and we have kept win¬ 
ter-cut grafts till midsummer perfectly fresh, and em¬ 
ployed them successfully in budding. A bushel of saw¬ 
dust will retain its moisture for many weeks nearly un¬ 
altered ; but water must not be applied too copiously, 
or water-soaking and decay will be the result. The 
north side of a building, or a cool cellar, is the best 
place. 
Salt for Celery. 
Plants of Celery were exhibited the past season, at 
a meeting of the Cincinnati Horticultural Society, to 
show the benefit of salt as manure for this vegetable. 
Those without salt, treated in the ordinary way, were 
not unusual in size or quality. The root and plant of 
the other, which had received the benefit of salt, was 
fourteen inches in circumference and weighed fourteen 
pounds without the leaves, and of excellent quality. 
strous pippins are very large; color is not regarded,—for the New¬ 
town is green, the Golden is yellew, and the Ribston and King of 
the Pippins are red; nor season,—as the Summer is early, the New¬ 
town late, and the Eastern pippin k ‘ keeps two years;” nor flavor, 
the Blenheim being sweJt, and the Ribston acid, &c. We should 
therefore be glad to see a good definition. 
