York Imperial Apple

Unless an apple gets into the hands of some large wholesale dealer, a first-class variety remains for a long time unknown.

There is probably no more profitable apple than the Pennsylvania variety known as the York Imperial. It has been before the public for near half a century, and yet few have it to any extent for market purposes. We believe that the famous Baldwin is not its superior.

The Erie Blackberry

This new blackberry is much rounder than those well known. The berries are about three and a half inches in diameter.

Arbor Day In Pennsylvania And New Jersey

Governor Beaver has settled April 22d as the Arbor Day for Pennsylvania, which is far too late for the largest tree planting part of the State in most years, though it does for the present season which is nearly a month later than it sometimes is. In States that have a variation of nearly 2,000 feet in altitude, two distinct dates should be given for the different sections. This has been done by the Governor of New Jersey.

The Tulip Tree

This is one of the finest trees of the American forest. One, by no means as large as many that might be found, had to be cut away recently. It had been injured by a fire that caught in a stable near, some years before, on the grounds of Thomas Mackellar, Esq., of Germantown. It was found to be 120 feet high, and was eleven feet in circumference.

Localities Of The Red Cedar

Our excellent contemporary, the Gardeners' Chronicle, says that Juniperus Virginiana is " a tree found growing on low lying and swampy lands in the south-eastern parts of the United States." It is probably thinking of the White Cedar, which the description just suits. The Red Cedar is a much more northern tree, extending westwardly to the Rocky mountains, and rather affects dry, rocky, than low, swampy places.

Late Frosts In Georgia

There was frost in Savannah on April 1st, sufficient to make ice on buckets of water - about 31º - and large numbers of cucumbers, beans, and other early vegetable plants of the tender species, were cut to the ground. Pears and plums that had set their fruits, suffered much from the very unusual late freeze, and the crop of such fruits will be short.

The Early Flowering Chrysanthemums

The new race of Chrysanthemums flower in August in England. Our gardens are all ablaze with floral beauty at that season, and we do not know that chrysanthemums in August would meet a long felt want - as advertisers express it - but there might be many cases where these early chrysanthemums might be very desirable.