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breaks open when i';illing from the tree. Fruit often scabs and cracks on old 

 trees. 



Summer Sweet Paradise, is one of the finest of the large sweet apples; in 

 season during the most of September. Lacks productiveness. 



Scarlet Pearmaiu is one of the richest and most beautiful of September 

 apples. Lack of* productiveness is almost its only defect. No amateur's 

 orchard should be without it. 



Mexico is similar in season with the preceding and is fully its equal in every 

 gustatory quality; although, in both flavor and coloring, as unlike it as possi- 

 ble. Both are alike excellent, although this excels in productiveness. 



Gravenstein is almost too well known to require mention. Its rich, beauti- 

 ful red color, and high flavor, are exceedingly taking to the observer ; and it 

 only lacks productiveness to render it popular even as a market fruit. As it 

 is, it holds an intermediate place between market aud amateur varieties. For 

 the dessert it is too acid until fully ripe. 



Chenango Strawberry is one of the finest and most delicate in texture of the 

 larger mid-September apples; and its great beauty, juiciness and mildness give 

 it a high rank among even dessert apples. Although less rich, it is even 

 preferable to Late Strawberry. 



Hawley has no superior in flavor among the very large mid-September 

 apples. Its exceeding delicacy of texture unfits it for marketing abroad ; but 

 during its very short season, it can hardly be excelled as a dessert apple. 



Jefferis is a medium, striped, bright colored and excellent dessert apple, for 

 the latter part of September and early October. Boys are unerring judges of 

 quality in fruits; and they award this the meed of excellence. 



Jersey Sweet, as an early sweet apple, is hardly equalled by any other in 

 high, rich flavor. 



Dyer (Pomme Royal), as an early October apple, can hardly be called very 

 attractive in appearance, but in consideration of its texture and high flavor, it 

 must be accorded very high rank as a dessert fruit. 



Newtown Spitzenburgh, sometimes known as New York Vandevere, is one of 

 the very finest of early and mid-winter apples, when grown in perfection ; but it 

 often becomes scabby and imperfect on old trees. 



Fall Pippin cannot yet be ignored as an amateur fruit, as nothing has yet 

 arisen to take its place. Among the very large fruits it still stands first in 

 quality ; although sometimes scabby and imperfect, as well as deficieut in 

 productiveness. 



Melon has hardly an equal among the larger, early and mid-winter apples. 

 In beauty, delicacy of texture and excellence of flavor it is unexceptionable. 



Shiawassee Beauty is "to the manor born." With all the beauty, delicacy 

 of texture, and juiciness of Fameuse, and with the same whiteness of flesh 

 and mild aromatic flavor, it seems to be, to a great extent, free from the 

 defects that so diminish the value of that old favorite. 



McLellan is a very beautiful and excellent mid-winter apple, always perfect 

 and quite even sized. Perhaps somewhat lacking in productiveness. 



Hubbardston Nonsuch, in New England, where it originated, is considered 

 to be one of the best of winter apples for the dessert. We know no reason 

 why it should not stand equally high in Michigan. In size, beauty, fairness 

 and flavor, it is unexceptionable. 



Belmont is an exceptionally beautiful winter apple, and possesses an array 

 of desirable qualities seldom excelled. Although not of rich or high flavor, 

 very few varieties prove more generally acceptable in this respect. 



