The Magazine of horticulture, botany, and all useful discoveries and improvements in rural affairs . ndsome specimens werepresented before the Massachusetts Horticultural Society byMr. P. Smith, of Groton. We thought it so excellent a variety,that we applied to a friend for some few specimens the presentseason, in order to form a better judgment of its the kindness of Mr. Wheeler of the same town, welately received several apples, with the following note: —Agreeably to promise, I send you some of the Foundlingapples, and a scion of the same. Those that have the most 444 Thre
The Magazine of horticulture, botany, and all useful discoveries and improvements in rural affairs . ndsome specimens werepresented before the Massachusetts Horticultural Society byMr. P. Smith, of Groton. We thought it so excellent a variety,that we applied to a friend for some few specimens the presentseason, in order to form a better judgment of its the kindness of Mr. Wheeler of the same town, welately received several apples, with the following note: —Agreeably to promise, I send you some of the Foundlingapples, and a scion of the same. Those that have the most 444 Three Neiv Varieties of Apples. red are the best representation of color; they are all ratherbelow the average size, when well cultivated. It is in eatingfrom the first of August to the middle of October, remarkablein that particular. It also varies in color, some apples beingpartially covered with russet. A further trial of this variety only confirms the opinion weformed of it last fall, viz., that it is a fine fruit; possessing atender flesh and sprightly flavor, and well worthy of Fig. 45. Foundling Apple. Size, large, about three and a half inches broad, and two andthree quarters deep: Form, roundish, flattened at each end,rather broad at the base, somewhat ribbed, and narrowingtowards the eye: Skin, fair, smooth, yellowish green, par-tially covered with small broken stripes of pale red, deepeston the sunny side, and covered with greenish specks : Stem,short, about half an inch long, nearly straight, rather slender,and inserted in a broad, open, slightly angular, deep cavity :Eye, medium size, closed, and moderately sunk in a rathercontracted and furrowed basin : Flesh, yellowish, fine, crisp,and tender: Juice, abundant, pleasantly subacid, sprightly,rich, and high flavored: Core, medium size, open : Seeds,rather small, plump. Ripe in August and September. The Treattnent of the Fuchsia. 445 Art. IY. The Treatment of the Fuchsia^ for Summer Green-house and Conse
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