POPULAR AND VALUABLE VARIETIES OF FRUIT. 21 



Russet, Roxhiry or Boston — Medium size to large; surface rough; green- 

 ish, covered with russet. Tree vigorous, spreading, and a great bearer. Keeps 

 till June. Its great popuhirity is owing to its productiveness and long keep- 

 ing. 



Swaar — Large ; pale lemon yellow, with dark dots ; flesh tender, rich, and 

 spicy. Tree a moderate grower, with dark shoots and large gray buds; with 

 good culture it is one of the very best of apples. November to May. 



Seek-no-further (WestQeld) — Medium to large; striped with dull red, and 

 slightly russeted ; flesh tender, rich, and excellent. Tree a good grower, and 

 fruit always fair. November to Febrnary. 



Shiawassee Beauty — Originated in Shiawassee county, Michigan. Tree a 

 strong, upright grower, until in full bearing, when it becomes partially 

 pendent; very productive. Young wood dull reddish brown, slightly downy. 

 This variety resembles Fameuse, but its wood shows its distinctiveness. —From. 

 Doioning^s Fruit and Fruit Trees of America. 



Spitze7ibnrg, Esopus — Large; deep red, with gray spots, and delicately 

 coated with bloom ; flesh yellow, crisp, rich, and excellent. Tree rather a 

 feeble, slow grower, and moderate bearer; esteemed in this State as one of the 

 Tery best. November to April. 



Tolmans Sweeting — Medium size; pale, whitish yellow, slightly tinged with 

 red : flesh firm, rich, and very sweet ; excellent for cooking. Tree vigorous, 

 upright, and very productive. November to April. 



Vandevere (Newtown Spitzenburg of the West) — Medium size; yellow, 

 striped with red, and becoming deep crimson next the sun ; flesh yellow, rich, 

 and fine. Tree a fair grower and good bearer ; succeeds best on light, warm, 

 dry soils. October to March. 



Wagener — Medium to large size; deep red in the sun; flesh firm; subacid 

 and excellent. Tree very productive ; an excellent variety, introduced from 

 Penn Yan, Yates county, N. Y. December to May. 



Winesap — Large; roundish; deep red ; medium quality ; keeps well. Tree 

 a fair grower and good bearer ; succeeds well in the West, and is there valu- 

 able and popular. December to May. 



Willoio Twig — Large; roundish, striped; quality good. Tree very hardy, 

 and a great bearer. Keeps well. A valuable orchard variety in some parts of 

 the West. December to May. 



White Winter Pearyyiain — Large, oblong; pale yellow; beautiful and very 

 good. Tree a good grower, hardy and productive. Highly esteemed at the 

 West and Southwest. January to April. 



VARIETIES RECOMMENDED AS DWARFS. 



Summer — Red Astrachan, Red June, Early Harvest, Sops of Wine, Duchess 

 of Oldenburg. 



Autumn — Gravenstein, Maiden's Blush. 



Winter — Baldwin, King of Tompkins County, Lady Apple, Northern 8py, 

 Esopus Spitzenburg, Winesap, Wagener. 



CIDER CRABS. 



newes' Virginia Crah — The Virginia crab makes a very high-flavored cider, 

 which by connoisseuis is thought unsurpassed in flavor by any other, and re- 

 tains its soundness a long time. It is a prodigious bearer, and the tree is very 

 hardy, though of small size. Fruit small, dull red streaked with greenish yel- 

 low ; flavor acid, rough, and astringent. 



