ILLIXOrS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 907 



Afonk's Favorite — Indiana, introduced by Dr. J- C. Helene of the 

 State Board of Agriculture, described in Western Horticultural Review 

 for eighteen hundred and fifty. Tree thrifty, spreading. Fruit large, 

 conical to globular, with dark red stripes nearly meeting. Flesh coarse ; 

 unpromising. 



^f classes S2oeet — Tree spreading, very productive. Fruit medium 

 to large, conic, regular, white or greenish white. Flesh tough, very 

 sweet, valuable chiefly for stock and cider. Early winter. 



Morton — origin unknown beyond Clermont County, O. Tree 

 thrifty, large, spreading, productive. Fruit large, round, smooth, green 

 to yellow, with bronzy blush. Flesh white, tender, juicy, rather sweet, 

 refreshing, midwinter, promising. 



Mote's S'lOeet — Miami County, O. Tree round, spreading, vigorous. 

 Fruit large, globular, somewhat flattened, angular, smooth, whitish yellow, 

 rarely blushed. Flesh yellow, fine-grained, melting, juicy, very sweet. 

 October, one of the most delicious sweet apples. 



The twin sister named Celestia was again tested the past season and 

 maintains its high character as a dessert fruit. 



Mote's Seedling i8j2 — same source. This fruit was first seen by 

 me this season. Fruit globular, uneven, smooth, _ waxy yellow. Flesh 

 tender yellow, juicy, sub-acid, rich, agreeable. November, very promis- 

 ing. 



A'^orthfifld Bcaiitv Crali — Vermont, from seeds of yellow Sil;)eri;in. 

 Fruit medium to large, globular, conic, very smooth, mixed and striped 

 scarlet on waxy yellow. Flesh yellow, breaking, tender, juicy, acid, 

 crab-flavored. September, October. Shown at Cincinnati Exposition 

 nnd admitted to be the largest Siberian ever seen. 



Nickajack — North Carolina. This old southern favorite, well known 

 in Southern Illinois is here introduced not as a novelty, but because, 

 like charity it has to cover a nuiltitude of sins, in the nomenclature of 

 nurserymen. The past season has enabled me to test the following 

 named varieties, all of which bore Nickajack apples : Berry, Buff, Gully, 

 Holly. Matanuiskeet, nnd Wall. This apple is a great favorite in the 

 Soutli, where the need of a pomological school for consultation is shown 

 by the extended synonymy of the variety which has twenty seven n;imes I 



The tree is \igorous, upright and spreading, with open top, reaching 

 magnificent proportions, and vielding enormous cro])s. The (|ualit\' of 

 the fruit is indifferent, but as it kec|)s well, is largo and showy, orchartl- 

 ists find it very profitable. 



Osceola — Indiana. Described by H. Ward Beecher when editing 

 the Western Cardener at Indianapolis. It is however little known as 

 yet. Tree thrifty, spreading, produc live. Fruit full medium to large, 

 globular, somewhat angular, dull red, indistinctly striped. Klesh yellow, 

 juicy, sub-acid, good January to March. 



Phillips Sweet — Ohio. Tree vigorous, of beautil'ully regular conic 

 form, productive. Fruit large, very handsome, conic, truncated, regular, 

 striped bright red. Flesh white, breaking, juicy, sweet. October, very 

 valuable. 



