A universal favorite, everywhere known. Acid, lively, aromatic, excellent alike for the dessert and kitchen. Great bearer. November to March. It is said to fail on some rich alluvial soils at the West. Avoid root grafting, and apply the specific manures, and we will warrant it everywhere. BONUM.--_Synonym_--Magnum Bonum. From North Carolina. Fruit large, from light to dark red. Flesh yellow, subacid, rich, and delicious. Tree hardy, vigorous, and an early and abundant bearer. AMERICAN GOLDEN RUSSET.--_Synonyms_--Sheep Nose, Golden Russet, Bullock's Pippin, Little Pearmain. The English Golden Russet is a variety cultivated in this country, but much inferior to the above. The fruit is small, but melting juicy, with a very pleasant flavor. It is one of the most regular and abundant bearers known. Tree hardy and thrifty. October to January. We know from raising and using it at the West, that it is one of the very best. PIPPIN, FALL.--Confounded with Holland Pippin and several other varieties. [Illustration] A noble fruit, unsurpassed by any other autumn apple. Very large, equally adapted to table and kitchen. Fine yellow, when fully ripe, with a few dots. Flesh is white, mellow, and richly aromatic. October and December. A fair bearer, though not so great as many others. NEWTOWN PIPPIN.--_Synonyms_--Green Newtown Pippin, Green Winter Pippin, American Newtown Pippin, Petersburg Pippin. [Illustration] This is put down as the first of all apples. It commands the highest price, in the London market. It keeps long without the least shriveling or loss of flavor. Fruit medium size, olive green, with small gray specks. Flesh greenish white, juicy, crisp, and of an exceedingly delicious flavor. _The best keeping apple_, good for eating from December to May. The yellow pippin, is another variety nearly as good. PORTER.--A Massachusetts fruit, very fair; a very great bearer. Is a favorite in Boston. Deserves general cultivation. September and into October. SMOKEHOUSE.--_Synonyms_--Mill Creek Vandevere, English Vandevere. An old variety from Pennsylvania, where the original tree grew by a gentleman's smoke-house; hence its name. Skin yellow, shaded with crimson, sprinkled with large gray or brown dots. September to February. One of the very best for cooking. RAMBO.--_Synonyms_--Romanite, Bread and cheese apple, Seek-no-further. [Illustration] This is a great fall apple. Medium size, flat, yellowish white in the shade, and marbled with pale yellow and red in the sun, and speckled with large rough dots. Flesh greenish white, rich, subacid. October to December. CANADA REINETTE.--This has ten synonyms in Europe, which indicates its popularity. In this country it is known only under the above name. Fruit of the very largest size. A good bearer. The quality is in all respects good. Lively, subacid flavor. December to April, unless allowed to hang on the tree too long. Pick early in the fall.