This subject being introduced, some statements were made of the large profits derived from the culture of the Lady Apple. W. H. Denning, of Dutchess county, had annually sold forty dollars worth of fruit from a single tree, the price varying from eight to twelve dollars per bushel. The soil was gravelly. On soils of a different character the crop had been quite unsuccessful. One gentleman had picked ten barrels from his trees, and found only two barrels fair, the least blemish entirely spoiling the sale of a fancy fruit. Another gentleman stated that from an orchard in Orange county, out of five barrels he had not obtained a single hatful of good specimens. Dr. Ward said that in New Jersey it succeeded well on gravelly loam, which was generally admitted to be its best soil. Information was given of the large profits of an orchard at Darley, near Philadelphia, containing 200 trees, and occupying four acres of land. The average annual nett profit was $800, or $200 per acre. The soil of the orchard is constantly cultivated in crops, with the application of bone dust, and it is regarded as one of the neatest and best specimens of orchard culture in the State.

The high price of this apple depends entirely on the demand for it in cities for fashionable evening parties, which is far greater than the supply. American grown Lady Apples also command a very high price for the same object in London. The opinion was however expressed, that as it is not a fruit of the highest character and value, and the fashion may not always continue in its favor, it would be unsafe to plant it largely, or exclusively for market.