SOME GOOD TABLE APPLES 
A succos8i(in of hmulsoiiio . 
of first quality is a, want 
by city Oiitorors Imt by oonm,. ’ 
when wlaiiing- to rciilonisli th,, Pnl'T'f 
liavc ottou iiotlooii tlio laok of b(M.„(' ' •^ 
Applos plaood uiiou tl.o tai)lcs „r 
hotels, what iniglit 
traction to t le tal Ics bcino. „ bositivo disn.. 
nronunit. Varieties both beautiful aud .i 
are not wanting, and wlioover win ‘ ‘ 
tiioiii and l.riiig tliciii to market i« aslmod 
condition as Califoruia fruit is rccoivod^vii 
bo apt to find ready customers iu overv larno 
town and city. 
To one wisliiiig to grow a succession of 
table Apples eombining beauty witli o-ood 
quality, the following list will' i)rovc statis- 
faetory Avhere but iiaif a dozen trees eaii be 
grown: Early Harvest, Clieiiaiigo Straw 
berry. Maiden’s Biusii, Belmont, Canada 
Red, Golden Russet. All in the front ranli. 
Early Harvest ripens in 
August, is of a beautiful 
lemon jmllow color, and is 
tlie only really good table 
Apple of its season. 
Chenango Strawberry 
when well grown is, I 
think, the most desirable 
of all Apples. It is of 
good size, sheep-nosed or 
truncated conical i ii 
shape, color bright red 
overlaid udth dark red, 
and as good as it is hand¬ 
some. It has a meaty 
texture aud aromatic, 
pleasant flavor that no 
other Apple jiossesses. 
The tree is a healtliy, 
rapid grower of medium 
size. Its season in North¬ 
ern Ohio is September 1st. 
Malden's Blush with its 
pale }’'eHovv dress a ii d 
bright red cheek follows 
close upon the heels of the 
Chenango and lasts until 
the first Belmonts tempt 
the Apple lovers’ taste. 
Belmont, also knoAVU as 
Gate, Alamnia Bean, and 
Waxen, is a most beautiful 
Apple, large, smooth, 
waxen yellow, often faint- uvel- 
ly blushed orange and spotted red , es 
low, tender, with a rich sub-acid, m ■ 
vor; a profuse bearer. Its season . 
October to Januaiy, wdien it is succe 
the,not uncommon 
lap*' (irA-cbT^ varieties are wanted to over- 
vlmosc ^ 'vould 
good bm ^ "ov «x- 
. than 
■ronalhr,, I (Snow) 
■Jonathan ami iy,,.U's Bleasmit. 
nZ II!:"'"''' and good 
tlK.^l..)'. Oldenburg and Wealthy; 
I'lriro* • '^''***'aiit, liglit red, medium to 
I'Icasaut, sub-acid 
coil, t ’ "''■''‘a* •" Minnesota, and, on jic- 
comit of Its “iron-clad” hardiness, is of in- 
stunablc value for extreme Norihern and 
Noi'tliwestei'ii States. 
Astrachan, Alexander, Western Beauty, St. 
Mwrence aud Borne Beauty are all very 
sliowy aud beautiful, but deficient in flavoi’. 
B. B. Biekce. 
OLD AND NEW GEAPES. 
At a recent meeting of tlie American In¬ 
stitute Farmers' Club Mr. E. 'Williams of 
Montclair, N- 'lo 
the wealthy apple. 
of the most public- 
fla- spii' 
Med Canada, otherwise , (i.Ii.u 
«.M n,l, is « 'is- 
red Apple, of fine apimarance an 
cellent flavor. It does not wilJtei,. 
its flavor until the very last 4th. 
cuiubed to the inevitable, abou. tidngs 
After this there is no Appl® i' ’ 
nf the Club, exliibited an 
*'-cllenraiicl highly interesting collection 
"^0 rapes The following commeiits upon 
. rmirent varieties, as derived from ins 
e™ experience with them, are of gre.a.t 
p—Uin. Of 
and 
Williams for 
THE iVMEKICAN GAfiDEN 
as 
A Sflcniiu'’ VAA Concord, 
I vio-orous and productive as its 
ouite .as large, berry 
’ C usters not quite as large, bei-ry 
parent. ^ ygj.y sweet .and de- 
fullyso, o*'' . ,.i,3e drops rather freely, 
lieioes. „ ^AnJtller Concord seedling 
■^uiaen Musset, a.s •. withers anu /(tll^same general ch.aracteiistics, veiy 
ject-to, both heat dark and about ten days earli , 
consiciercd, is so good as the g,^b- 
Oolden Busset. As ordin.aii 
J-V.I, bo. Dotn neat auAi .-o- • darKan« 
ioses flavor, hut avhen stored c better 
“toist at a low temper.ature it 
textui’i 
finality for the table, taking '^'^.'''^pj.Roxbury 
®onnt, than the NewtownPiPP' ya- 
•Still 
cluster 
size 
more 
as the vines 
^nsset, the only two Apples “ bties. 
^ rteties that rival it in keeping <1 
another seedling of Con 
Worden--^'''' „,uch superioi u 
cord, earlier, » 
qii.ality, while it is fully as hardy, vigorous, 
healthy and productive. It is usually a 
week earlier than Concord; this season there 
was little difl'erence. It has been repeatedly 
as.serted that it was so nearly like the Con- 
coid that it made little difference which was 
planted, and doubtless thousands of Con¬ 
cords had been sent out and planted under 
Ibis name. He liad insisted for years past 
there was a decided difl'erence and peojile 
were finding it out. 
Coneord .—^'Too well known to need com¬ 
ment for our readers. 
Barly Victor .—An early Grape, raised and 
sent out by .John Burr of Kansas, the origin¬ 
ator of Burr’s New Pine Strawberry of 
years ago. This Grape is about as early as 
any 0 f the preceding. The vines received were 
Iioor, but having become e.stabli.shed seem 
thus far to be hardy, healthy, vigorous and 
very productive. The cluster and berries 
are rather under size to meet the popular de¬ 
mand; a very good early 
Grape for his section. 
Cambridge.—A n o t h e r 
seedling of Concord and 
much like it in evei'v 
respect. 
Black Hanck .—^Another 
of the family, hardy and 
rigorous. Cluster and 
beriy a little smaller than 
Cottage and ripens about 
the same time; quality 
nearly up to the average 
of this famUy. 
Martha .—A white Con¬ 
cord seedling, vines a lit¬ 
tle less rigorous than its 
parent, beny and cluster 
medium, productive and 
liable to rot and mildew, 
berry sweet but laeking 
in charaeter. AIHien it 
was introduced the adver¬ 
tisement said eveiybody 
wanted Martha, but on 
trial it is found that every¬ 
body doesn’t want her, 
they prefer a lady of more 
decided character. It is 
prone to decay soon after 
reaching m.aturity. 
Telegraph .—An early 
Grape of good quality; 
cluster medium size, close 
and compact; vine hardy, healthy and pro¬ 
ductive, as ne.arly ii-on-elad as any he has. 
A Grape that has been very much overlooked. 
Ives' Seedling.— AnoVaer iron-clad vine, 
cluster large aud abundant, colors early, and 
when ripe iu appearance is sour and austere. 
In this condition it is sent to market in large 
quantities under the delusive idea that earli¬ 
ness aud good looks will secure the highest 
prices, but one purchase satisfies the custom¬ 
er, .and the demand and price go down to- 
o-etiier. If growers would learn and prac¬ 
tice a little honesty and common sense in 
this respect, they wouid find it more profit¬ 
able to themselves and theii' neighbors. It 
is a gre.at deal easier to lower prices than to 
rais^thein, and it is suicidal policy to send 
unripe fruit of any kind to market imder the 
delusive idea that the purchasing public 
doesn’t know the difference. It does not take 
them long to learn the difl'erence, and to let 
