an
most other fruits. We shall only present a few of the best, and give
only their general qualities, without any effort to enable our readers
to identify varieties. (See our remarks on the nomenclature of apples.)

Downing, in 1846, recommended the following, as choice and hardy,
adapted to the middle states:--

1. Black Tartarean.
2. Black Eagle.
3. Early White Heart.
4. Downton.
5. Downer's Late.
6. Manning's Mottled.
7. Flesh-color'd Bigarreau
8. Elton.
9. Belle de Choisy.
10. May Duke.
11. Kentish.
12. Knight's Early Black.

The National Convention of Fruit-growers recommend the following as the
best for the whole country:--

1. May Duke.
2. Black Tartarean.
3. Black Eagle.
4. Bigarreau.
5. Knight's Early Black.
6. Downer.
7. Elton.
8. Downton.

We recommend the following as all that need be cultivated for profit.
They are adapted alike to the field and the garden. We omit the
synonyms, and give only the predominant color. The figures in the cuts
refer to our numbers in the list:--

Name. Color. Time.
1. Rockport Bigarreau, red. June 1st.
2. Knight's Early Black, black. June 5th.
3. Black Tartarean, purplish. June 15th.
4. Kirtland's Mary, marbled, light-red. June, July.
5. Delicate, amber-yellow. June 25th.
6. Late Bigarreau, deep-yellow. June 30th.
7. Late Duke, dark-red. Aug. 10th.
8. Cleveland Bigarreau, red. June 10th.
9. American Heart, pale. June 1st.
10. Napoleon, purplish-black. July 5th.

The time is that of their greatest perfection, but varies with latitude
and location.

We know none better than the foregoing. In the long lists of the
fruit-books, there are others of great excellence, some of which are
hardly distinguishable from our list. We recommend to all cultivators to
procure the best in their localities, under the advice of the best
pomologists in their vicinity. Such men as Barry will be consulted for
the latitude of Western New York; Elliott and Kirtland for Cleveland,
Ohio; Cole and others for New England and Canada; Hooker and other
great fr