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originated near Columbia, Pennsylvania. Fruit large, regu- 

 larly formed, roundish, skin fair and smooth, dull green when 

 picked, with a brownish blush, becoming a little paler at ma- 

 turity. Flesh white, fine grained, juicy, sweet, sprightly and 

 very good ; Nov. to April. 



Monstrous Pippin, Giloria 3Iundi. (Coxe, Floy, Thomp.) 

 This magnificently large apple, says Downing, is a native 

 fruit, and we have frequently seen it weighing nearly a pound 

 and a half, and measuring 14 inches in circumference. It is 

 an excellent cooking apple, and, when in perfection, of a fair 

 quality for eating ; owing to its great weight it blows from the 

 tree. It would be best to grow it in protected situations. 

 Flesh white, tender, with a pleasant acid flavor ; October to 

 January. 



Albemarle Pippin. The first commercial apple in America, 

 and generally raised for European markets. (This fruit has 

 already been described). 



Peck's Pleasant. Large, roundish, angular; skin smooth, 

 green, becoming yellow, with a blush on the sunny side; re- 

 sembles the Nowtowm Pippin ; flesh yellowish, fine grained, 

 crisp and juicy, high flavored ; a valuable market variety ; 

 December to March. 



Male Carle. " This is the most celebrated of all apples in 

 Italy and the South of Europe, whence it comes. It is raised 

 in great quantities about Genoa, and its great beauty and 

 delicacy of flavor render it quite an article of commerce in 

 Italian and Spanish seaports.'' All South of New York it 

 becomes beautiful and fine, but cannot be grown in New Eng- 

 land, " Fruit medium size, medicinal, common apple shape, 

 smooth, lemon color, crimson in the sun ; flesh white, not 

 juicy, of a delicate rose perfumed flavor." This apple is well 

 adapted to the Southern region of our country, and comes to 

 high perfection in the Valley of Virginia. In season from Oc- 

 tober to January. 



Danver's Winter Sweet. Medium size, greenish yellow, 

 with often a brownish cheek, tender, rich and sweet. Tree 

 moderately vigorous and productive ; November to March. 



Twenty-Ounce Apple, Cayuga Red Streak. A very large, 



