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THREE FINE WESTERN APPLES. 



DESCRIPTION OF THREE FINE "WESTERN APPLES. 

 BY H. P. BYRAM, KENTUCKY. 



Fig. 1. Pryor' s Red Api 



[We are indebted to Mr. 

 Byram, an intelligent Ken- 

 tucky cultivator, for the fol- 

 lowing descriptions of three 

 celebrated western varieties 

 of the apple, which we have 

 not previously seen correct- 

 ly described. — Ed.] 



I. Pryok's Red. — No ap- 

 ple commands a higher 

 price, or more ready sale, in 

 the market of New-Orleans 

 than Pryor's (sometimes 

 called Prior's) Red. Pro- 

 bably one-third of all the 

 apple trees sold at nurseries 

 helow Cincinnati, are of this 

 variety ; and it has hitherto 



been difUcult to supply the 

 demand for it. 



In form, this apple va- 

 ries more than many oth- 

 ers. The outline which I 

 send you, is from a fruit of 

 the average shape and me- 

 dium size. It is often 

 larger. Skin brownish- 

 yellow, slightly russetted, 

 tinged with red, and rather 

 indistinctly striped to with- 

 in about an inch of the 

 stalk, where it is marked 

 with clear brownish russet. 

 Flesh yellowish- white, of 

 a fine, rich, and peculiar 

 flavor, sub-acid, rather dry, 

 and very tender (resemb- 



Fig, 2. Rattle's Jannett Apjile. 



