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Flesh very white, tender, juicy, sub-acid, slightly perfumed, 

 delicious. 



Late autumn, at the North in use from October to February. 

 Not very rich, but much admired as a dessert fruit, for its 

 handsome appearance and exceedingly pleasant, refreshing 

 flavor, and is regarded as excellent for drying. Shoots, dark, 

 diverging. Tree a vigorous grower and regular bearer. A 

 celebrated, hardy, productive apple, especially valuable far 

 north. 



Originated in Canada, and has its name, Pomme de Neige, 

 or Snow Apple, from the snow-white color of its flesh. 



Jersey Sioeet. — Fruit medium size, round-ovate, often 

 oblong-ovate, thickly washed and striped with fine red on 

 greenish yellow, sometimes entirely covered with pale or deep 

 red ; flesh whitish, fine grained, exceedingly juicy, tender, 

 sweet, and sprightly. Its good flavor and remarkably rich 

 sweet make it popular for table use, and especially suited for 

 baking. Owing to its saccharine quality, it is largely planted 

 throughout the Middle States for the fattening of stock. 

 Commences maturing the end of August, and continues 

 ripening till mid-autumn. Young shoots, stout and short 

 jointed ; tree a strong, fine grower, and a profuse annual 

 bearer; are incorrectly said to bear themselves out early. A 

 very valuable sort, succeeding in all localities, and highly 

 esteemed in almost all parts of the country, both for market 

 and for uses about the homestead. First disseminated in 

 New Jersey. 



Cayuga Red iStreaJc. — Very large, roundisli, remotely coni- 

 cal, surface slightly uneven, sometimes smooth ; splashed with 

 stripes of rich purplisli red, on greenish-yellow or yellowish- 

 white ground; flesh coarse grained, with a sprightly, sub-acid, 

 pleasant, but not rich flavor ; of fair eating quality, and excel- 

 lent for baking. Late autumn and early winter. An upright, 

 compact grower; a fine, regular, annual bearer, growth in 

 large trees becoming straggling. One of the best very large 

 apples, — showy, fair, productive, and profitable. 



