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russet around the stem, and coated with a fine bloom; flesh 

 yellowish white, very tender, crisp, jaicy, sprightly, sab-acid. 

 Keeps through winter and late into spring, preserving its 

 flavor remarkablv fresh. One of the largest, most beautiful, 

 and excellent long-keeping apples yet known. Shoots, dark 

 reddish, spotted, stout : the tree forms a very handsome 

 upright head, requiring pretty severe pruning and thinning 

 out until it comes into bearing, after which it requires little 

 or no pruning. 



The flowers open late and thus sometimes escape spring 

 frosts ; it does not come early into bearing, but once in l)earing 

 it is Aery productive. A fruit of the highest keeping and eat- 

 ing qualities, and with good culture, and care in picking and 

 packing, profitable for market. Hardy: succeeds throughout 

 the north. Originated in Ontario County. Xew York, about 

 25 years ago. 



TaUman Sweet — Size above medium, roundish, slightly con- 

 ical, pale, whitish-yellow, faintly tinged with red on one side, 

 with a brownish line from stem to eye : flesh white, firm, rich, 

 and very sweet ; hardly first-rate as a dessert fruit, but from 

 its exceedingly rich sweet, and great productiveness, is espe- 

 cially valuable for winter baking, and as food for stock. Keeps 

 late into spring. Quite hardy; has dark colored wood, of an 

 upright, strong, rapid growth, becoming spreading ; vigorous 

 and healthy when young, and one of the handsomest in the 

 orchard, where it makes a round, regular, open head, and 

 forms a rather large tree, bearing annually great crops of fiiir. 

 even-sized fruit. 



A popular, profitable sort, and from its firm texture and late 

 keeping suited for shipment to distant markets. Originated 

 on the grounds of Mr. TaUman, in Maine. 



Huhbardston Xonsuch — Large, round-ovate, largest at the 

 middle, nearly regular, smooth, glossy, rich yellow, nearly cov- 

 ered with deep, warm red, with small, broken strij^s, and 

 numerous dots of light crimson ; russeted next the stem, and 



