athan,
Winesap, Ben Davis, Missouri Pippin, and Huntsman's Favorite; and for a
family orchard White Juneating (the earliest apple known), Red June,
Early Ripe, Duchess of Oldenburg, Sweet June, Fulton Strawberry,
Cooper's Early White, Smokehouse, Maiden's Blush, Grimes's Golden
Pippin, Jonathan, Winesap, Rawle's Janet, Ben Davis, Ramsdell Sweet,
Roman Stem, and Red Romanite. I have tried and discarded King, on
account of rot, falls early, water core, short-lived; Kansas Keeper, on
account of blight, poor tree; Yellow Bellflower, on account of being a
shy bearer and rot; Willow Twig, on account of blight; Lansingburg, on
account of blight when the tree is young; R. I. Greening, on account of
its falling early, and rot. Baldwin, falls early and rots. Lawver, no
good on my soil. McAfee's Nonsuch, poor bearer. Rambo, not acclimated.
Northern Spy, rots. Pryor's Red, ripens unevenly, and is affected with
scab. Dominie, there are many better of its season. Esopus Spitzenburg,
rots badly. Rome Beauty, good some seasons. Ohio Nonpareil, poor bearer,
falls before ripe. Lowell, blights while trees are young. Winter Swaar,
rots before perfectly ripe. Autumn Swaar, good of its season, and should
have a place in the family orchard. York Imperial, poor quality; rots
too bad for commercial purposes. American Summer Pearmain, shy bearer
while young. White Winter Pearmain, is affected with scab and is no
good. Red Winter Pearmain, falls off early; the tree is poor.
Gilliflowers, black and red, rot badly. Pennsylvania Red Streak,
affected with scab; very good some seasons; trees die early. Sweet
Bough, trees die early. Bentley Sweet, keeps all right, moderate bearer;
tree appears to be tender. Clayton, rots and is no good. Calvert is a
poor bearer and rots with me. Pound Pippin, no value. Iowa Blush, no
value, small. Red Vandervere, no value; rots. Vandervere Pippin,
moderate bearer and rots. Pennock Summer, good market in its season.
Pennock, fairly good; we have plenty better. Early Harvest is affected
with scab some seasons. Early Ripe is better and larger and to be
preferred. Smith's Cider, blight, poor tree. Red Astrachan, poor bearer.
Roxbury Russet, all russets fail with me. Jefferis, quality fine, but
will not bear. Ortley, good, but is inclined to rot.

I prefer hilltop having a drift soil, but the subsoil is of more
importance than the surface soil. I prefer a north or northeast aspect.
I prefer two-year-old, medium-sized trees,