small grain and vegetables. Potatoes do not succeed as well in the southern part or upon the bottom lands as they do in the cooler portions and in the mountain valleys. The sweet potato and yam do well, and produce large crops of the very best quality.

As a fruit country, shut in by mountains from cold winds and sudden changes, when fully tested, I believe it will be found to have no equal anywhere on the broad face of our continent. Many varieties of fruits have been grown here for years, yet most of them are very common. The grape may be considered as much at home here as in Germany, Italy, or California; in fact, wine is made superior to any of the brands from California we have tested in the past two years. This wine is very imperfectly manufactured, yet with age it will command a higher price in the markets of the world than any importation from Europe.

Most delicious grapes are grown here, double the size of the finest Black Hamburg of the green-houses of the States, with a flavor and richness not found in those grown under glass; and these are produced with very little labor, with no danger of a loss of the crop by frost, mildew, or any disease whatever. There are some vineyards of limited extent in the valley of the Rio Grande, owned by the Spanish population, and the Pecos Indians are engaged in the grape culture on a small scale. The varieties seem to be those of the Vitis vinifera; yet they are all seedlings, or propagated from seedlings, as none of them appear to be the same with any of our foreign grapes now named.

POPULAR VARIETIES OF HARDY FRUIT.

BY F. R. ELLIOTT, CLEVELAND, OHIO.

THE following is a continuation of articles descriptive of fruits published in the reports of the Department of Agriculture for 1862, 1863, 1864, and 1865:

Synonym.-Tetofsky.

Season. Fourth of July.

APPLES.

Fruit.-Size, medium; form, roundish, slightly conical; color, light-yellow ground, striped and splashed with red, covered with a beautiful white bloom; stem, short, stout; cavity, deep, furrowed; calyx, rather large, long segments; basin, abrupt, deep, irregular, furrowed or ribbed; flesh, white, tender, sprightly,. juicy, slightly acid or sharp sub-acid, with a peculiar pleasant aromatic taste; core, small, fleshy; seeds, plump, light-brown; season, early to last of July.

Tree.-Very stout and upright in growth, with a peculiar light-reddish yellow wood, very broad, large leaves, of a light-green, altogether making the tree distinct and prominent, in so much that once seen and known it would always be remembered.

The fruit of this variety, like that of the Red Astrachan or Duchess of Oldenburg, is not of the highest excellence; but there are many sections of our great country where even the apple is a delicate tree, and it is desirable to introduce such as will prove entirely hardy. The Tetofsky is perfectly hardy as a tree, and its fruit quite handsome, produced abundantly, and commanding ready sale in market. As a table fruit, when well ripened, its acid is mellowed, and most

people, after once eating, relish it very much, while for cooking purposes it is superior.

MYERS'S NONPAREIL.

Synonyms.-Ohio Nonpareil.-Cattall apple.

Fruit.-Size, large; form, roundish flattened; color, red and yellow marbled and splashed, and with many scattered gray dots; stem, short to medium, small; cavity, regular, open; calyx, partially open; basin, medium depth, smooth and regular; flesh, yellowish white, juicy, rich, tender, mild, sub-acid; core, regular, partially open; seeds abundant, plump and full; season, last of September to early December.

Tree. A strong, stout, rather spreading open grower, producing its fruit evenly over the whole; leaves, large and broad; wood, stout, and buds round.

I first saw and described this fruit in 1847, and from its superior quality, as nonpareil gave the height of character to English apples, I named this the Ohio Nonpareil; subsequently it was found that it had been cultivated and disseminated by a Mr. Myers as Myers's apple, and I therefore changed my prefix, calling it, as it is now generally known, the Myers Nonpareil. Its history is somewhat obscure, the original tree, over fifty years old, claiming to be upon lands of a Mr. Bowman, in Massillon, Ohio, while Mr. Myers, of New Lisbon, knows of it from a tree in his father's orchard. It is a fruit, however, of surpassing excellence, and as it cannot be identified with any known sort, it is fair to presume it distinct. It has been pretty generally distributed, and so far proves perfectly hardy in all climates, and yields a fruit that for table or market has few equals.

GRIMES'S GOLDEN PIPPIN.

Fruit.-Size, form, roundish, sometimes slightly oblong, and occasionally angular; color, rich golden yellow, smooth, occasional traces of russet, and many minute yellow dots; stem, rather long, slender; cavity, open, regular; calyx, large, generally open; basin, deep, abrupt, waved; flesh, yellow, breaking, crisp, fine grained, juicy, sub-acid, with a peculiar, sprightly, aromatic, pleasant flavor; core, small; seeds, brown; season, December to March.