The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . o val-uable for cooking, and passable for eating,that you must have it. Benoni is one ofthe table apples, and for private or for mar-ket garden quite desirable. Next, I have early Strawberry, or, asthe man who gave me the specimen calledit, Red Juneating. Good, good ! a capital apple to plant foryour own table. The trees are handsomegrowers, great bearers, maturing the fruit by degrees, so that it is one of the longestvarieties in eating that I know ; not, per-haps, a first-class quality, but I find chil-dren, who are said to know g
The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . o val-uable for cooking, and passable for eating,that you must have it. Benoni is one ofthe table apples, and for private or for mar-ket garden quite desirable. Next, I have early Strawberry, or, asthe man who gave me the specimen calledit, Red Juneating. Good, good ! a capital apple to plant foryour own table. The trees are handsomegrowers, great bearers, maturing the fruit by degrees, so that it is one of the longestvarieties in eating that I know ; not, per-haps, a first-class quality, but I find chil-dren, who are said to know good fruit,never fail to eat the Early Strawberry. Well, here is Bevan and KerryPippin. Yes ; the former tough as leather; andthe latter as pretty, almost, as the Straw-berry, but not half as good. Lets cut andoutline the Pippin, for the purpose of re-membrance, for it is not often that I nowmeet with the old fruit once familiar to Kerry Pippin is certainly more thangood in quality. It is a good bearer, andto one desiring to plant a fruit to transport. Fig. 118 Kerry Plpjjm. long distances, and preserve its character,we have nothing its superior. It, however,is not sufficiently acid for cooking, and itis too firm and crisp to please our Americantastes, and therefore will probably nevermore be grown. Here are four sweet apples. Aye, Sweet Bough. Indispensable,large ; a regular, not great, bearer ; tenderand delicate; sweet foreating or baking;must plant one tree, at least. Then youhave High Top Sweet, of the books; or Sweet Summer, of Southern Ohio; andSweet June, on West. Many regard it asindispensable ; but I think this one, GoldenSweet, preferable. It is larger; the tree isa great bearer; the fruit is a rich sweet,perhaps a little too dry for the table, butfine for baking. If you were growingstock, this variety would pay well to plantby the acre; but for family use, one tree isall j^ou want. Ihe last you have is onecalled Early Sweet; and, so far as I know,originated wi
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