. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1893. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. The Canadian Horticulturist. 435 SMITH'S CIDER HJMONG the apples which have acquired extensive popularity in certain localities Smith's Cider is one of the most prominent. The name, however, is misleading, for while it is a valuable cook- ing apple on suitable soils it is by no means equal to Fink and many others as a cider apple. Indeed for making cider it may be said to be one of the poorest ; not but there is an abundance of the juice—there is a superabundance rather—but it is not of high quality. Some t
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1893. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. The Canadian Horticulturist. 435 SMITH'S CIDER HJMONG the apples which have acquired extensive popularity in certain localities Smith's Cider is one of the most prominent. The name, however, is misleading, for while it is a valuable cook- ing apple on suitable soils it is by no means equal to Fink and many others as a cider apple. Indeed for making cider it may be said to be one of the poorest ; not but there is an abundance of the juice—there is a superabundance rather—but it is not of high quality. Some think the name was not intended to indicate its value for cider. The original tree, it has been said, sprung up near the cider press of a farmer named Smith, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, many years ago ; and when it began to attract attention it was spoken of Smith's cider press apple which in the days before the establish- ment of pomological societies was naturally shortened to Smith's Cider. And yet if this be the same fruit that is mentioned by Coxe in his view of the cultivation of fruit trees, etc., (Philadelphia, 1817) as grown " in the county of Bucks and the contiguous parts of Pennsylvania," it was then "chiefly used for cider," although " a pleasant table ; And his description of both tree and fruit seems to suit. It is No. 52 in his list, and he calls it Cider apple—the same name appliedto it by the well-informed agricultural editor of the Cincinnati Gazette, who has know it for over half a century ; first in Bucks county, its original home, and afterwards in the West. In certain portions of Ohio and Indiana it is a popular and profitable apple. On the uplands of the Central Ohio it is less valuable ; not equal to Rome Beauty, Ben Davis, Kentucky Long Stem and several others, either in produc- tiveness or appearance ; and in quality there are many varieties that are much superior. There is a red variety, known in the East b
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