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crops of fruit in clusters ; the fruit sells for the highest price 

 in New York, London and Paris ; November to May. 



Ahram, or Father Ahram. A Southern variety, medium 

 striped with red, flesh rather firm with an agreeable aromatic 

 flavor; a grext bearer and keeps well until April or May. 



Ben Davis, or Kentucky Red Streak. Large, handsome 

 striped apple of excellent quality, tree very hardy, vigorous 

 and productive ; a late keeper, highly esteemed in the West 

 and Southwest. 



Swaar. Large, pale lemon yellow, with dark dots, 

 rich and spicy, slender grower and moderate bearer, but ex- 

 cellent quality, worthy of general culture ; December to 

 May. Flesh, yellowish, fine grained, tender, high aromatic 

 flavor, excellent. 



Limbertwig. An old and well known Southern apple ; 

 medium size, dull red color, sub-acid, moderately vigorous 

 grower, bears heavily on strong soils ; rich, soft, pulpy, aro- 

 matic and excellent, late in the Spring ; fine keeper ; Febru- 

 ary to late in June. 



Milam. (Already described). This is a splendid apple 

 in the Piedmont district of Virginia. Suitable for general 

 cultivation. 



Winter Pearmain. (Coxe.) Green Winter Pearmain ; 

 Pearmain Herefordshire. (Thompson.) This delicious old 

 variety, generally known in Virginia as the Green Winter 

 Pearmain^ is one of the finest of all winter dessert fruits, and 

 its mild and agreeable flavor renders it here, as abroad, a 

 universal favorite, both as a dessert apple and for cooking. 

 Fruit of medium size, oblong and of a pretty regular Pear- 

 main shape ; skin stained, and mottled with a soft, brownish 

 red on a dull, russety green ground, dotted with gre3ash specks ; 

 flesh pale yellow, very mellow and tender, with a pleasant aro- 

 matic flavor ; produces large crops on light, rich soils as well 

 as on the limestone soils of the West. 



Yellow Bellefleur. (Already described.) For general cul- 

 tivation ; early Winter. 



Winter Sweet Paradise. This is a very productive and 

 excellent orchard fruit, always fair, and of fine appearance. 



