SOUTHERN APPLES. 



BY H. R. ROBEY, FREDERICKSBURG, VA. 



Mr. Editor: Having frequently been asked for a list of winter apples, adapted 

 to the Southern and Middle States, I herewith send you a list that may be relied 

 on; a part of them originated in Yirginia and North Carolina: — 



Abeam. — Medium size, dull red stripe, peculiar, agreeable aromatic flavor, will keep till May, 



a great bearer. 

 Bevekly's Red. — Rather large, red, very good. 

 Cart Hocse. — Medium, red, long keeper, fair quality. 

 BoxuM. — Large red, good bearer, one of the best. 

 Hewe's Crab. — Small, superior for winter cider, a great bearer. 

 Waugh's Crab. — Rather large, lively red, flesh very white, fine grained, makes a fine white 



cider in January, in the spring it is one of the best eating apples, very juicy and sweet, 



will keep till June. 

 Holady's Seedling. — Large, yellow and russet, flesh a little coarse, very tender and juicy, 



a good keeper, one of the very best. 

 Rawle's Jaxettixg. — Large, stripe on a yellow ground, well known as rich and juicy, bears 



and keeps well, and one of the best. 

 LiMBERTwiG. — Rather large, dull red, and yellow, a regular and good bearer when kept in 



dry sand, to prevent shrivelling, until March; it is a rich, tender, juicy apple. 

 Leather Coat. — A great bearer, and keeper, quality fair. 



Milam. — Red, rather a shy bearer, until the trees are fully grown, quality very good. 

 Ogilby. — Large, greenish yellow, quality very good, great bearer. 

 Brooke's Pippin. — Very large, yellow, flesh very tender and juicy, keeps well until spring, 



great bearer ; the best. 

 Prior's Red. — Large, irregular stripe, spotted and russet, the best. 

 Long Island Russet. — Large, keeps pretty well. 

 Strawn's Seedling. — Large striped, good bearer, very good. 

 Bell Pree. — Large, greenish yellow, very good. 



Albemarle, or Mountain Pippin. — Very large, greenish yellow, very tender and juicy. 

 C. C. "Wellford. — Rather small, handsome yellow, very tender, rich and juicy, will keep 



till June ; the best. 

 Winter Queen. — Handsome stripe, good for early winter. 

 Vandervere. — Dull stripe, a great bearer, keeps well, very good. 

 Wine Sap. — Large, dark red, a good and early bearer, very good. 



The Late Gale at the East. — A gentleman of Hartford, Conn., weighed a 

 branch of a tree that had been broken by the weight of ice upon it, and found 

 that it weighed eleven pounds. The ice was then melted off, and the branch 

 weighed only half a pound. This great proportion of ice accounts for the de 

 struction of trees and branches. 



Vol. TI— Feb. 1856. 



