"stupidity" as Mr. L. attributes to the Clifton nursery. Feeling that, in most 

 siicli cases, injustice was done to tlie nurserymen, and with the power wliicli obser- 

 vation under rare circumstances atlbrded me to aid them at my command, I did 

 not hesitate wliat course I had to pursue. That the time will yet come wlien my 

 efforts will be appreciated, I am well convinced, Tho.mas Meeiian. 



THE JACKSON ATPLE. 



PlIILADELrFIIA. 



My dear Sir : The apple you received from Wilson Dcimis, of Appleback- 

 ville, Bucks County, Pa., and which you did me the favor to leave with me, I 

 recognize as the Jackson. Other specimens from Mr. Dennis, of the same apple, 

 were handed to me for examination. 



This valualjle variety originated with James M. Jackson, of Quakertown, Rich- 

 land Townshi[), Bucks County, Pennsylvania. My acquaintance with it commenced 



in March, 1851, at which 

 time I received speci- 

 mens grown by Mr. 

 Jackson, who very 

 kindly forwarded to mc 

 grafts from the original 

 tree. 



Annexed isthepomo- 

 logical description I 

 promised to send you. 



Size, medium, two 

 and one-half inches by 

 three and one-fourth. 

 Form, roundish. Slcin, 

 greenish-yellow, with 

 many dark green 

 blotches and gray dots, 

 a few very faint red 

 stripes scarcely percep- 

 tible, and, on the ex- 

 posed side, a warm, 

 mottled-brown blush, 

 containing numerous 

 white dots with a central gray speck in each. Stem, variable, from three-eighths 

 to seven-eighths of an inch long by one-sixteenth thick, inserted iu a deep, 

 narrow cavity. Calyx, closed, set in a moderately wide, deep, and sometimes 

 slightly plaited basin. Core, medium. Seed, gray, five-sixteenths of an inch 

 long, three-sixteenths wide, and two-sixteenths thick. Flesh, greenish, fine tex- 

 ture, tender, juicy. Flavor, deliciously aromatic. Quality, "very good," perhaps 

 " best." Maturity, from October to May. 

 I inclose an outline. 



Yery truly yours, W. D. Brinckle. 



J. Jay Smith, Esq. 



The Jackson Apj^le. 



