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market price for its season. September to November. The fruit is inclined to 

 drop from the trees. 



"VVhiniiery — A medium-sized, handsome, red, winter apple. A long-keeper; very 

 firm; quality poor; uni)roductive. 



Winter Streifling— Tree vigorous and very productive. Fruit large, fine looking; 

 quality rather poor. September. 



Yellow Transparent — Tree vigorous and very productive; comes into bearing 

 early. Of medium size, clear pale yellow; valuable for home or market; rather 

 tender for long cfistance shipping. 



York Imperial — Size medium to large; form oblate and oblique; color yellow, 

 covered with light and dark red; very firm and crisp, with a sprightly sub-acid 

 flavor; quality good; a good keeper. December to April. Very slow in coming 

 Into bearing. Trees thirteen years old, have fruited but little as yet. 



Zolotoreff — Of Russian origin. Tree a very open grower; vigorous, but lacking 

 the productiveness of most of this class. Fruit large, handsomely colored; rather 

 poor quality; late August. 



NEW VAEIETIES. 



Andrews Sweet — Origin Nova Scotia. Scions received in 1895 from Division of 

 Pomology. Fruited for the first time this season and bore nearly a full crop. 

 Form oblate, conical; color pale yellow; basin abrupt, deep; stem short, small, 

 set in a small, narrow cavity; calyx nearly closed; flesh white, tender, half fine, 

 sweet; quality good. November and December. Size small to medium. 



Acker — Origin Nova Scotia. Scions received from the Division of Pomology 

 in 1895. First fruit this year, with a good yield; size medium; form oblate, 

 irregular; basin broad, deep; cavity broad, deep, russeted; stem medium; color 

 yellow, striped and splashed with light and dark red and sprinkled with a few, 

 small, light dots; texture tender, breaking, fine-grained, juicy; flesh light, tinged 

 with red and yellow; flavor mild, sub-acid, pleasant; quality good. Season early 

 September. 



Barry (5) — Of medium size; roundish-oblate, conical; color yellow, with russety 

 markings; firm, fine-grained, acid; poor quality. October, November. 



Bath — Size medium; form oblate; basin abrupt, very deep, corrugated, cavity 

 large, regular, rather deep; stem stout, knotty, long; color yellow overlaid with 

 deep, rich red and sprinkled with small, to very large, greenish-yellow dots; 

 texture firm, fine-gi-ained, not juicy; flesh yellowish-white; flavor brisk sub-acid. 

 Quality fair to good. Early August. 



Buckskin — Small, roundish, conical; color yellow with light red blush; mild 

 sub-acid; quality good. November to March. Not promising. 



Dudley— Of large size; form roundish, oblate-conic; basin abrupt, deep, corru- 

 gated; cavity broad, deep, not smooth; stem of medium length, slender; color 

 yellow, striped and splashed; deep rich red on exposed side, very handsomely 

 sprinkled with many large dots; brisk, sub-acid; quality good. Ripe August 14th. 

 Valuable if it proves productive. 



Egyptian — Received in 1890. Has borne but few specimens as yet. Fruit of 

 medium size, oblate-conic, irregular, yellow; firm, coarse-grained, sub-acid; quality 

 good. December to April. Not valuable. 



Flory (Bellflower) — Received in 1892, has fruited but little as yet. Size medium; 

 form roundish, conical; color rich yellow. Flesh yellow; moderately juicy, sub- 

 acid, good. October, December. 



Sweet Gideon — Of medium size, roundish-oblong; yellow, striped and splashed 

 with red; flesh white, firm, fine-grained, sweet, not rich. November to March. 

 Grafts set in 1896, are unproductive as yet. 



Glowing Coal — Ripens with and resembles Gravenstein in both tree and fruit. 

 Of large size; roundish-oblate; yellow, overlaid, striped and splashed with red; 

 flesh yellowish, crisp, tender, juicy, sub-acid; very good. Valuable. 



Greenville — Received in 1894. A seedling of Maiden Blush. Size medium: 

 color yellow, with red cheek; firm, crisp, juicy, fine-grained, mild, sub-acid: 

 quality good. November to March. Unproductive as tet. 



Horse — Of large size, oblate, conical; color yellow with faint tinge of red in 

 the sun; 'flesh yellow, tender, juicy, crisp, sub-acid, pleasant. Middle of September. 

 'Origin, Kentucky. Received in 1895. 



Hamilton Black — Received in 1895. Size medium to large, roundish-oblate; 



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