. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year .. . , rather acid; plant exceedingly vigor-ous and productive; pistillate. Ellwanger «& Barry say: The bestlate variety for market. The Queen of the Market appears to beidentical with this variety. The Champion closely resembles the Wind- sor Chief, but is often slightly smaller in size. OF RURAL AFFAIRS. 265 Glendale (fig. 277).—Fruit large, handsome, long, conical; never coxcombed; bright red; fleshfirm, rather acid, not of highquality ; a valuable late marketsort. E. Ji. Underbill writes : Very valuable
. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year .. . , rather acid; plant exceedingly vigor-ous and productive; pistillate. Ellwanger «& Barry say: The bestlate variety for market. The Queen of the Market appears to beidentical with this variety. The Champion closely resembles the Wind- sor Chief, but is often slightly smaller in size. OF RURAL AFFAIRS. 265 Glendale (fig. 277).—Fruit large, handsome, long, conical; never coxcombed; bright red; fleshfirm, rather acid, not of highquality ; a valuable late marketsort. E. Ji. Underbill writes : Very valuable for market, be-cause firm and productive, butmuch inferior to Kentucky forhome use. The calyx is verylarge, serving as a useful pack-ing in shipment. Messrs. Elhvanger & Barrysay : Among the newer kinds thathave fruited in our collection,we regard the following themost valuable : Sharpless, Cres-cent, Crystal City, Golden De-fiance, Windsor Chief and BlackFig. 277.—Glendale. Defiance. Sharpless, owing to its size and good qualities, commands the highest price in our SYMMETRY IN FARM ARCHITECTURE. AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION would be made to the land-scape appearance of farming regions, as well as to the ornamentaleffect of single places, by a proper attention to neatness, symmetry andarchitectural taste, in the construction of tlie exterior of farm ornament is not recommended, but rather a tasteful simplicity ;expensive material is not required to produce the desired effect, for ajudicious use of simple materials may accom])lish more to a cultivated eyethan costly marble worked into awkward forms. A more pleasing struc-ture may be made with unplaned boards used with judgment and skill,than by the most elaborately worked and polished wood in the hands ofa bungler. The few suggestions given in this brief article will be neither scientificnor technical, but such as will be readily understood by any reader, and theyare intended for general application
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