INTERMEDIATE NATIVE FRUIT REPORT. 



Bunch, rather large, five inches long by four in width. Berry — Size, full raedinm, 

 eleven-sixteenths of an inch long by eleven-sixteenths broad. Form, round, in- 

 clining to oval. Skin, greenish-white, and, where exposed to the sun, of an amber 

 tint, covered with a dense white bloom. Flesh, not pulpy, juicy. Flavor, sweet 

 and pleasant. Quality, "very good." Maiuriiy, eaten on the 5th of November. 



The leaf of this variety presents strong indications of a foreign parentage ; 

 and though, from this circumstance and its late period of maturity, it may not 

 succeed well at the north, yet it might prove valuable in a southern latitude. 



Meister Apple. — Specimens of this variety were received from Mr. Charles 

 Kessler, of Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. It is believed to have origi- 

 nated in Berks County. 



Size, below medium, 2^ inches 

 long by 2f broad. Form, round- 

 ish — conical. Skin, greenish- 

 yellow, striped with red, with 

 numerous white spots contain- 

 ing, sometimes, a russet point in 

 the centre, and many russet dots 

 and short concentric curvilinear 

 lines in and around the basin. 

 Stem, from three-eighths to one- 

 half an inch long by one-eleventh 

 thick, inserted in a wide, mode- 

 rately deep cavity. Calyx, small, 

 closed, set in a narrow, shallow 

 basin. Core, medium. Seed, 

 light brown, obovate, one-third 

 of an inch long, three-sixteenths 

 broad, one-eighth thick. Flesh, tender, 

 "very good." Maturity, 

 eaten on the 3d of Oc- 

 tober. 



Christiana Apple, 

 (R. 9, T. 10). — This 

 beautiful apple origi- 

 nated near Wilmington, 

 Delaware, on the pre- 

 mises of Mr. John R. 

 Brinckle, and fruited in 

 1855, for the first time. 



Size, medium, 2f inches 

 in length by three in 

 breadth. Form, round- 

 ish, inclining to conical. 

 Skin, beautifully striped 

 and mottled with carmine 

 on a yellowish ground. 

 Stem, one-half an inch 

 long by one-eleventh 

 thick, inserted in a deep, 

 rather narrow cavity. 



hjx, partially closed, Christiana Apple 



Meister Apple. 

 Flavor, sprightly and pleasant. 



Quality, 



