"The following list," says Hooker, "contains a catalogue of the most
popular varieties of apples, recommended by various pomological
societies of the United States for the Western states." These varieties
can be obtained of all respectable nurserymen. The list may be of use to
some cultivators in the different states mentioned. The general
qualities of the best of these will be found in our descriptions under
the cuts:--
_Baldwin._--Ohio, Missouri, Illinois.
_Roxbury Russet._--Michigan, Ohio, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois.
_Rhode Island Greening._--Michigan, Iowa, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois.
_Swaar._--Ohio, Illinois, Michigan.
_Esopus Spitzenburg._--Missouri, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio.
_Early Harvest._--Virginia, Ohio, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan,
Iowa.
_Sweet Bough._--Illinois, Virginia, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio.
_Summer Rose._--Ohio, Missouri, Illinois.
_Fall Pippin._--Michigan, Virginia, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois.
_Belmont._--Michigan, Ohio.
_Golden Sweet._--Missouri.
_Red Astrachan._--Iowa, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois.
_Jonathan._--Ohio, Missouri.
_Early Strawberry._--Ohio.
_Danvers Winter Sweet._--Ohio.
_American Summer Pearmain._--Illinois.
_Maiden Blush._--Ohio, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois.
_Porter._--Ohio, Missouri.
_Gravenstein._--Ohio.
_Vandevere._--Missouri, Indiana, Illinois.
_Yellow Bellflower._--Michigan, Iowa, Virginia, Ohio, Missouri,
Illinois.
_Fameuse._--Illinois.
_Newtown Pippin._--Michigan, Iowa, Ohio, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois.
_Rambo._--Michigan, Iowa, Ohio, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois.
_Smokehouse._--Virginia, Indiana.
_Fallawalden._--Ohio.
_Golden Russet._--Ohio, Illinois.
_Wine Sap._--Ohio, Illinois.
_White Bellflower._--Missouri, Illinois.
_Holland Pippin._--Michigan, Missouri, Indiana.
_Raule's Janet._--Iowa, Virginia, Illinois.
_Lady Apple._--Ohio, Missouri.
For the value of these varieties, in the states mentioned, you have the
authority of the best pomological societies. The several states are
mentioned so frequently, that it will be seen that most of them are
adapted to all the states. Attend to acclimation and manure, and guard
against insects, and they will all flourish, in all parts of the West
and of the Union.