Every householder who owns land - if only a small lot - ought to have one tree of the Astrachan apple, both on account of its earliness, and its excellence for cooking. It is so tender as to be cooked almost as soon as it is scalded; and so pure that it has no unpleasant tang, tike the Yellow Harvest. It is acid indeed, but sugar readily over-powers this defect.

It is a tree of vigorous growth, an abundant bearer, and what is worthy of note, it bears every year without fail. Twenty feet from where I now sit, stands a tree of this variety, with branches bending under their load; and a very frequent dropping takes places. When half grown, these apples may be used; but like most other fruits, the flavor increases with the magnitude. A well grown tree would furnish a common sized family for some four or five weeks, though I cannot determine this period exactly.

The fruit is of great beauty-, having a bloom like the plum, on a fine red skin. I know of no apple at this season that Would command more customers in market. D. T.

Astrachan Crab Apple #1

Some years since I had a variety of the Siberian Crab under the above name. It was a half larger than the Large Red Siberian - so say my notes - "of a bright, rich red, very showy and beautiful." I have lost it, and would like again to possess it, if any reader of the Horticulturist has it.