POPULAR AND VALUABLE VARIETIES OF FRUIT. 19 



the very best long keeping sweet apples. Tree a moderate and erect grower. 

 November to May. 



Grimes^ Golden (Grimes' Golden Pippin) — An apple of the highest quality, 

 equal to the best Newtown Pippin ; medium to large size, yellow. Tree hardy, 

 vigorous, productive; originally from Virginia; grown in Southern Ohio. 

 January to April. 



Huhbardsion Nonsuch — Large, striped yellow and red, tender, juicy, and 

 fine; strong grower and great bearer. Native of Massachusetts. November 

 to January. 



Jonathan — Medium size, striped red and yellow; flesh tender, juicy, and 

 rich, with much of the Spitzenburg character, shoots light colored, slender, 

 and spreading; very productive; a native of Kingston, N. Y. November to 

 April. 



King (of Tompkins County) — A superb red apple, of the largest size and 

 finest quality. Tree a good grower and bearer; hardy. November to March. 



Lyman'S Pumpkin Sweet (Pound Sweet) — A very large, round, greenish 

 apple, excellent for baking. Tree one of the most vigorous and productive. 

 October to December. 



Zrtrfy ^'l^jjjZe (Pomme d'Api) — A beautiful little dessert fruit; flat, pale yel- 

 low, with a brilliant red cheek; flesh crisp, juicy, and pleasant. The tree 

 forms a dense, erect head, and bears large crops of fruit in clusters ; the fruit 

 sells for the highest price in New York, London, and Paris. November to 

 May. There are four or five varieties of these described by authors, but this 

 is the best. 



Ladies' Sweet — Large, roundish, green and red, nearly quite red m the sun ; 

 sweet, sprightly, and perfumed ; shoots slender but erect ; a good bearer. 

 Originated in Newburgh, N. Y. One of the best winter sweet apples. No- 

 vember to May. 



Melon — Origin, East Bloomfield, N. Y. Tree of rather slow growth w'hile 

 young, a good bearer. Young shoots dull grayish reddish brown. One of the 

 best and most valuable sorts for the dessert; a little too tender for shipping 

 long distances. 



Mojimouth Pippin (Red Cheek Pippin) — Large, greenish yellowy with a fine 

 red cheek; juicy, tender and good. Tree erect, vigorous, and productive. 

 Keeps well till March or April. 



Mother — Large, red, flesh very tender, rich, and aromatic. Tree a good 

 bearer, succeeds well in the North ; supposed to have originated in "Worcester 

 county, Mass. November to January. 



Northern Spy — Large, striped, and quite covered on the sunny side with 

 dark crimson, and delicately coated with bloom. Flesh juicy, rich, highly 

 aromatic, retaining its freshness of flavor and appearance till July. The tree 

 is a remarkably rapid, erect grower, and a great bearer; like all trees of the 

 the same habit, it requires good culture and an occasional thinning out of the 

 branches, to admit the sun and air fully to the fruit. Both leaf and blossom 

 buds open a week later than most other varieties. — From Barry d- Ellwanger's 

 Catalogue. 



Neiotoiun Pippin — One of the most celebrated of American apples, on ac- 

 count of its long-keeping and excellent qualities, and the high price it com- 

 mands abroad; but its success is confined to certain districts and soils. It 

 attains its greatest perfection on Long Island and on the Hudson. In Western 

 New York and New England it rarely succeeds well. It requires rich and 



