162 ORCHARDS. 



Summer Sweet Paradise. Large, roundisli, pale green, 

 sometimes tinged with yellow in the sun ; flesh tender, crisp, 

 very juicy, with a sweet aromatic flavor; very good; August 

 and September. 



AUTUMN A^ARIETIES. 



Fall Pipphi. Very large, smooth skin, yellowish green, 

 sub-acid, flesh whitish, very tender, breaking juicy, rich, fine 

 for the table, superior for cooking, moderate in growth. In 

 the southern part of New York, it is the leading Fall apple. 

 This is supposed to be an American variety, Thompson and 

 Lindley to the contrary notwithstanding. The Fall Pippin 

 is a noble fruit, and is considered the first of Autumn apples 

 in Maryland and Virginia ; October to January. 



Beauty of the West. (Ken.), fruit large, a sweet apple of 

 fair flavor, round and regular. Skin smooth, light greenish 

 yellow, with small red stripes. Flesh tender, juicy, sweet, 

 and pleasant. A Fall apple, but will keep until December. 



Dominie. Medium size, medicinal, flat, greenish yellow, red 

 and russet streaks in the sun ; stem half an inch long, slender, 

 in a wide very deep cavity, calyx small, in a broad basin, 

 flesh white, very tender, juicy, of a sprightly flavor. In the 

 Valley and Western Virginia, it is a first class apple, keep- 

 ing until March. 



Qatline. (Coxe, Thompson.) This is a native of Mary- 

 land, and ive insert Mr. Coxe's description. " It is a great 

 bearer, medium size, stalk short and thick, skin smooth, and 

 of a beautiful yellow, with clear and brilliant red towards the 

 sun, with numerous streaks and many dark spots scattered on 

 the surface ; flesh pale yellow, tender, rich, juicy and sweet, as 

 an eating apple in October ; November and December it is 

 particularly fine. 



Gravenstein. Large, roundish, striped, of first quality, 

 tender, juicy and high flavored, vigorous, erect and produc- 

 tive, perfectly hardy, very vigorous. One of the handsomest 

 and best for all parts of the country. Early Winter apple 

 at the North. 



Porter. Large, regular, oblong, tapering to the eye ; skin 

 bright yellow, sometimes a dull blush in the sun, flesh tender, 



