SEEDLING APPLES, AND OTHER FRUITS. 
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SEEDLING APPLES, AND OTHER FRUITS. 
BY COL. G. DE NEYEU, 
Fond du Lac, December 20th, 1858. 
Dear Sir: —Among seedling apples I have three or four, 
which I believe deserve description. One is a nameless apple, 
which jour Committee at the State Fair thought the best of mj 
seedlings for taste. Description: Rather large, or large medi¬ 
um, specimens very uneven, reddish streaks, ribbed, oblong, 
somewhat pointed towards apex, rather high pleasant flavor; 
tree diverging, branches somewhat straggling, bark dark, leaves 
rather large; vigorous, hardy, not very strong bearer, but bears 
every year. In eating, from September to November. 
Temptation .—A very fair, large, roundish green apple, with 
a beautiful deep red cheek towards the sun. Rears heavily 
every other year, but bears some every season. Not very su¬ 
perior in taste, but good; keeps until March or April. Some¬ 
times, or often, an abortive apple is attached to the main one, 
near the stem. Tree erect, gracefully and very evenly diverg¬ 
ing branches in every direction; a splendid head; probably the 
handsomest tree I have left. Habits hardy and vigorous, leaves 
large, deep green, downy underside. I deem it on all accounts 
perhaps the best of my apple trees, and it is undoubtedly wor¬ 
thy of cultivation. 
Mammoth Crab .—Obtained from seed of Siberian Crab 
brought from Batavia, N. Y., from garden of the late David E. 
Evans, in the spring of 1839. Has all the appearance in bark 
and straggling growth of the Siberian Crab; fruit also resem¬ 
bles it, but four times larger. Much enquired for here, for pre¬ 
serving purposes. Worthy of propagation in my estimation. 
Juliet .—Fall or early winter, medium size, light yellow 
