Dr. Hull, of the Prairie Farmer, visited the Chicago markets last fall, to ascertain the relative value of the different varieties of apples. Here is the results of his tour:

"One house visited by us in February last, which purchased and stored upwards of twenty thousand barrels of apples the past fall, for the winter trade, were then putting them on the market. Ben Davis, and other handsome, but inferior apples, were selling at $3.75 to $4 per barrel. Baldwins, $4 to $5.50. R. I. Greenings, $6, while a variety known as Pomme Orise, a small gray apple, not better looking than medium sized Roxbury Russets, but possessing qualities superior to any variety known to us, were selling to regular customers at $8 the barrel. And, we are assured, six times as many R. I. Greenings, at the price named ($6) could be sold as of any other, because of its well-known, good eating and cooking qualities. In other words, people had come to know it, and would rather pay these extra rates than take the risk of getting the beautiful, but greatly inferior fruits".