524 WISCONSIN FRUIT-GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION. 
and found they were unfortunately situated on the north side 
of a three or four story brick building, the ground being as 
solid as in mid-winter; the result was, they did not reach me 
till somewhere about the beginning of May, when the weather 
was dry and bright. I hurried them in the soil a few days, 
and poured water from a pitcher down their chief branches, 
and then, before or about sunrise, for about six weeks after 
planting, till those which would grow had got fairly started. 
Yery few died outright, but some were evidently so much in¬ 
jured as to afford no reliable testimony as to the suitableness 
of the varieties for this locality. 
I have fruited Am. Summer Pearmain, Early Harvest, 
Early Strawberry, Summer Rose, Talman’s Sweeting, Fameuse, 
and Lady Apple. 
In point of flavor the Pearmain ranks first, in my estimation, 
and when grown where the sun can reach it well, so as to bring 
out its color, it is a very handsome apple. Early Harvest well 
deserves its high reputation, and it ripens at a time, as its 
name denotes, when a good, juicy apple is most palatable and 
refreshing. 
The fruit I have had of Summer Rose, has been very beauti¬ 
ful, and as good as it is handsome. 
Talman’s Sweeting was noticed in the Horticulturist by Mr. 
Downing, as being unrivalled, amongst baking apples, for its 
honied sweetness, and it is certainly most delicious—the best, I 
think, I have yet tasted for that purpose, and it is superior to 
all others I have tested in point of hardiness. It passed through 
the ordeal of the two hard winters, to all appearance, unharm¬ 
ed. Out of three or four hundred seedlings, I have notone 
which seems so much at home, so healthy and vigorous, as this 
variety. It makes a good growth of young wood annually, and 
its bark is almost as bright as that of a melon. It was also 
the first to bear, with me, and one of the first to bear with my 
brother. Our high opinion of this apple for this locality, in¬ 
duced me to order, as you might notice in my recent purchase 
of you, twice as many of this, as of any other variety. 
