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Ems Winter S'Vfet — southern. Tree of moderate growth, spread- 

 ing, productive. Fruit full medium, conic, green to yellow russeted ; 

 coarse, but very sweet — poor, late winter. 



Farley Red — eastern Indiana. Tree upright, thrifty, rather slow, 

 but very productive when older. F"ruit medium to small, regular ol)- 

 long orchard shaped, truncate, midwinter — valuable for market. 



Ferdinand — from H. Robey, Virginia. Tree large, spreading, vcrv 

 thrifty, slow bearer. Fruit medium to large, wliite, somewhat russeted, 

 acid ; rather promising — winter. 



Garden — southern. Tree of medium size, early productive. Fruit 

 small, globular, dull red, striped, flesh dry but rich, early winter. Of 

 little value and here named on that account. 



Griffith — syn. Claybank and Sweet Maiden's Blush. AVestern Ohio 

 from seed brought from North Carolina. Tree spreading, thrifty. Fruit 

 medium to large, oblate, regular in form, and ground color closelv re- 

 sembles Maiden's Blush, white, ornamented with carmine sjjots. Flesh 

 very delicate, tender, crisp, juicy mild sub-acid, aromatic. This is one 

 of the very best and most delicious dessert apples of its season. With 

 Spice of N. Y. following Jefferies, preceding De Watson and Bonam. w^ 

 have five of the finest amateur apples of their season extending from 

 August to November. 



Green Crank — syn. Yellow Crank, whioh see. 



Hall — Hall's Seedling, Hall's Red — from North Carolina, where 

 it is much esteemed. Tree a moderate grower, ujjright, twiggy, pro- 

 ducti\e. Fruit cpiite small, globular, red, striped, sub-acid, juicy, aro- 

 matic, kept, well, good, but too small for market, fine for dessert, mav 

 f)rove valuable for cider. T may mention thai a lot of this fruit was sent 

 to me from the orchard of a Mr. Hall in the southeastern part of Illinois, 

 as a seedling with the local name of the owner. 



Hamilton — southern. Not that described in Journal of Horticulture, 

 February, eighteen hundred and sixty eight, and in the Horticultural 

 Annual of the same vear. 



Tree close branching, upright, twiggy, not early produitive; Fruil 

 large, globular, regular, smooth, tleep purplish red, stripes indistinct, 

 dots with fawn color. I'lesh yellow, tenikr, juicy, sub-acid, spicy, 

 very good. Enrl\ winter — verj' ])romising. 



/fo/ladav — Virginia. Tree thrifty, ui)riglu, bears on the ends, no 

 productive when yining. h'ruil ol)late, regular, green, bronzed. Fate 

 winter. 



///inter — i'cnnsylvania. Tree ihrifly, spreading, produt five when 

 old enough. I^'ruit large, globidar. regular, white or waxen yellow, 

 blushed, acid, juicy — September, October. Promising for market. 



//nntsnitin's /•(/;v'/ ///■-- Missouri, found in the ore hard of |olin Hunts- 

 man, Johnson county, prtnluced from seeds iiroughtfrom South Carolina. 

 Introduced to notice and largely planted by Blair Brothers of Lees 

 Summit nurseries. Tree large, hardy and of rajiid growth, upright when 

 young. Fruit large, globular-oblate, slightlv irregular, smooth, bright 



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