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as to quality, but it may be doubted whether it can be grown 

 profitably for market. October to January. 



Marshall. Above medium size, roundish, a little flattened ; 

 skin deep green, mostly overlaid with a fine thick sprinkling of 

 whitish green specks, a little blush next the sun and some crim- 

 son specks ; stem short, in a narrow cavity. Little known in this 

 State, but largely gi'own in some parts of New Hampshire as a 

 profitable market apple on account of its productiveness and very 

 late keeping. Tree very hardy, vigorous, and exceedingly produc- 

 tive. April to July. 



MiNISTKR. 



Minister. The late Robert Maiming considered this " one of 

 the very finest apples New England has produced," in which opin- 

 ion we concur. It originated in Rowley, Mass., and was brought 

 to notice by the late Rev. Dr. Spring of Newburyport, who 

 engaged the fruit from the original tree, and his people seeing it 

 on his table, soon gave it the name by which it has since been 

 known. In the tenderness of its flesh and brisk vinous juice, it is 

 not surpassed by any apple of its season. It is of good size, and 

 though somewhat irregular in form, it has a fair yellowish skin, 



