DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF FRUITS. 
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DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF FRUITS.; 
BY A. VAN VLECK, OF WAUKESHA. 
My soil is a strong, white oak, clayey loam; site of orchard, 
elevated, and descending to the east. 
APPLES. 
Tart BovgJi.— Hardy, productive, ten days after harvest, 
good early cooking; when fully ripe, good eating apple. 
Westfield Seelc-no-Further. —Unharmed by the late severe 
winter; productive, not always early bearer; some trees have 
borne good crops in six years from planting, 
Van Vleclc. —Sweet, tree an upright, strong grower, red, 
flat, yellow flesh/juicy, very sweet, ripens middle to last Sept., 
succeeds Jersey Sweet and quite as good, and the tree is more 
vigorous and hardy. (Probably Hog Island Pippin, Ed.) 
Fall Pippin. —Think highly of it, does not bear as full as 
some, but fruit is very superior, trees injured a little in the 
forks. 
Baldwin. —One of the most productive; occasionally affected 
with bitter rot, this year very fair; tree tender. 
R. I. G-reening. —Usually productive, good; would not be 
without it, though tree is rather tender. 
Newtown Pippin. —Tree hardy, fruit fair, not very produc¬ 
tive yet, trees planted thirteen years. 
White Belleflower. —Tree hardy and productive, early bearer; 
fruit good. 
Twenty Ounce. —Good bearer for a large apple, fruit good, 
tree injured by winter of 1858. 
