has observed, bids fair to rival the Pomme d'Api as a fashionable fruit.

YORK RUSSETTING.

Remarkably large, conically formed, and swollen towards the base. Of a yellow color, russetted: the flesh breaking, juicy, subacid and good. Valuable as a market fruit, for cooking, and other purposes. October to December. The tree grows strong. The leaves are large.

WINTER FRUIT.-CLASS I.

AMERICAN GOLDEN PIPPIN. Judge Buel. A large, yellow, winter fruit, of an agreeable flavor, and highly prized. It has but recently come into notice, but promises to become a standard fruit.

*ESOPUS SPITZENBERG.

Large, very beautiful and excellent. The tree grows upright; the young wood is slender and dark. It is very productive. The fruit is oblong, covered with deep scarlet, deepening to dark crimson next the sun. The flesh juicy, of a rich pleasant acid, and high flavor: a celebrated fruit. Season December to March. It originated at New York. The Flushing Spitzenberg differs from this, in being round or flat, and the young wood strong and red, and the tree a bad bearer.

*BALDWIN.

This capital variety is a native of Massachusetts; a large, beautiful, and famous fruit. The tree grows vigorous, upright, and handsome. The fruit is round, of a pale color in the shade, fine scarlet or crimson next the sun; sometimes red on every side. The flesh is white, breaking, juicy, rich, saccharine, with a most agreeable acid, and excellent flavor. The tree bears enormously every other year, and in the interval, occasionally a moderate crop.

No apple in the vicinity of Boston is so popular as this, at the present day. It is raised in large quantities for the market. It ripens in November and may be preserved till February and March, and is recommended for extensive cultivation.

BALTIMORE. Hort. Trans. vol. 1. p. 120.

A remarkably large apple, raised by Mr Smith near the

city of Baltimore. A large specimen measured in circumference fourteen inches and three quarters, and in height four inches. Its weight twentythree ounces and a half. Its form flat; skin a pale citron, with a faint blush next the sun. Flesh well flavored and close at the core.

BEAUTY OF THE WEST. Judge Buel.

"A very large, fair, and fine flavored sweet apple, presented to me by Mr Morgan, in Jan. and kept till March." *BELLFLOWER.

YELLOW BELLFLOWER.

A large and beautiful fruit, of an oblong or conical form; of a bright yellow color, with an occasional blush next the sun. The flesh tender, juicy, rich, and finely flavored, and alike excellent for the dessert or for cooking. It ripens in November and will keep all winter. The pericarpium at maturity is very large, and the seeds rattle when shaken.

BELMONT.

A new and very beautiful fruit, of first rate quality. It was raised in Belmont, Ohio. Specimens brought from Rockport, Cayuga Co. in Ohio, were sent to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in Jan. 1834, by Charles Olmstead, Esq. of East Hartford, Conn. It is large, round, but broadest at the base; the stalk is short; of a pale straw color, with brown specks, and a faint blush next the sun. The flesh tender, juicy, with a rich subacid and excellent flavor. It keeps till March.

*BLUE PEARMAIN.

A large beautiful fruit [not uncommon near Boston]; of a dark red color, and covered with a dense blue bloom; it is good for the table, excellent for cooking, and ripens from October to January. The tree grows strong and healthy, and is very productive.

CHANDLER. Gen. Chandler.

The tree is of low growth, and wonderfully productive. The branches very slender and drooping, like the weeping willow; they are covered with the fruit in thick clusters. A variety which originated on the farm of Mr Francis Richardson, in Chelmsford, Mass. It was introduced to notice by Gen. Samuel Chandler, of Lexington, who has exhibited specimens to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.

COS OR CAAS. Judge Buel.

Large, round, depressed at the base and crown; its form inclined. Eye large, in a broad, slightly angular cavity. The stalk short, thick, in a deep, broad hollow. The skin as smooth as oil, pale yellow, with stripes and specks of red; stripes and blotches of bright scarlet, dotted with yellow next the sun. The flesh nearly white, tender; juice sweet and agreeable. December to March. Mr Buel farther states that it is a native of Kingston, N. Y. and a great favorite.

CRAAM OR KRAAM. Judge Buel.

"A medium sized sweet apple, in very high repute among the Dutch for winter use." Its color green while immature.

CROW'S EGG.

A remarkably dense apple; oval, or egg formed; of medium size. The skin very smooth, and covered with irregular and broken stripes of pale red on a yellow ground; the flesh very firm, juicy, of a rich and excellent flavor. A variety received of Mr Abijah Fisher of Dedham.

*DANVERS WINTER SWEET.

EPPES SWEET.

The tree is very productive. The fruit large and beautiful; of a bright yellow color, with a faint blush next the sun; the flesh very sweet and excellent; fine for the table and baking. It ripens in winter and keeps till April. A profitable apple to raise for the market, and recommended for extensive cultivation. The original tree is growing on the farm of W. P. Endicot, Esq. in Danvers, near Salem. Introduced by Mr Manning.

DARTMOUTH SWEETING.

HONEY GREENING.

S. H. S., Esq.

A large fruit, of a roundish form, contracted towards the summit; of a pale green color, slightly colored with red next the sun; the flesh sweet, rich, with a slight and agreeable acid. This fruit is esteemed by many, the best of all sweet apples, and by some the best of all apples. It keeps till May, and the tree is productive.

DOMINI. Judge Buel.

"Above medium size; the skin greenish yellow, clouded with brown blotches; the flesh crisp, the flavor highly agreeable." At Kingston, N. Y. it held the first rank as

a winter fruit.

DUTCH CODLIN

FRENCH CODLIN. Forsyth.

GLORY OF THE WEST, of some collections.

Fruit very large, oblong, with five ribs extending from the base to the crown; stalk short and thick; skin yellow, but of an orange color next the sun. dry, juice a little sugary or subacid. from Michaelmas to Christmas.

*GARDNER SWEETING.

Flesh white, rather
A culinary apple

The tree grows slow, but is very productive. The fruit is above the medium size, round, of a pale color, covered with small specks; a bright blush next the sun. The flesh firm, very sweet and excellent. A fine fruit from December to March.

GOLDEN PEARMAIN. Coxe. Py. Malus.

RUCKMAN'S GOLDEN PEARMAIN. RED RUSSET. Ib.

The fruit is of medium size, flattened; skin russetted; of a dull red color next the sun; the flesh tender, rich, but not abounding in juice. A great and constant bearer. This variety is valuable for cider.

GREEN SWEETING. Thacher's American Orchardist and N. E. Farmer, Vol. ví. p. 121.

A large handsome apple of surpassing excellence, abounding in rich syrupy juice. It retains its soundness and flavor even till the middle of June and July. It is an excellent apple for baking, more uniform and abundant in its bearing than trees in general, and is highly deserving of cultivation. It is supposed to have originated in the old Plymouth colony.

GREEN NEWTOWN PIPPIN.

slender;

The tree grows very slow, the branches are very the bark very rough. The fruit is of medium size, rather flattened. Prominent, obtuse, and unequal ribs at the crown, extend, diminishing towards the base. Of a dull green color, changing to yellow at maturity; thin russet covering the base. The flesh pale yellow; juice very saccharine,of an aromatic and very rich flavor, with a lively acid. The tree is a great bearer. The fruit retains its flavor and juices till June. This fruit originated at Newtown on Long Island. It has long been celebrated in New York and the Middle States, as one of the first of all apples. Yet to the north of those States, and at Boston, it has never been

so highly esteemed nor so extensively cultivated, as many other native fruits, which have since arisen.

HAMPSHIRE GREENING. Judge Buel.

On excellent authority, this variety stands in the very first class of apples. On that of an Elder, a great traveller, and himself possessing a nursery of many valuable varieties. HEREFORDSHIRE PEARMAIN. Coxe. Py. Mal. WINTER PEARMAIN. Syn. Coxe.

The fruit is above the medium size, slightly ribbed, of a yellow color, covered with bright stripes of red; deep red next the sun; the flesh very juicy and high flavored. A beautiful and excellent apple, either for the dessert or for cooking. October to April. Mr Coxe has added, that this variety is supposed to be the most hardy, and uniformly productive apple, of the Middle States. The tree grows

handsome.

*HUBBARDSTON NONSUCH.

A new and most superior variety, which originated in Hubbardston, Mass. and is esteemed very superior to any other fruit known here, which bears the name of Nonsuch. The tree grows vigorous, large, branching and handsome : a prodigious bearer. The fruit is large, globular, or conical; of a yellow color in the shade, but mostly covered with irregular, small and broken stripes of pale red; bright red next the sun; the flesh yellow, juicy, rich, sweet, relieved by a slight acid, and excellent. This capital variety ripens in December and keeps till February, and is recommended for general cultivation.

*JONATHAN. Judge Buel.

PHILIP RICK, of the Kingston orchards.

A new winter fruit, which for its eminent beauty and excellence, is admired above all others by good judges, in Albany and its vicinity. The fruit is round, two and a half inches in diameter, regular shaped, the eye in a broad deep cavity. The stem three fourths of an inch, slender, in a deep round cavity. The skin thin, pale red, blended with yellow, and deepening into bright red and dark purple next the sun. Flesh very tender, white, occasionally tinged with red. Juice very abundant, rich, and highly flavored. Named for Jonathan Harbrauck, Esq. from whom Mr Buel first received this excellent fruit. The original tree is now growing on the