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yellow on the shaded side. Stem variable in length, of medium thickness; cavity rather wide^ 

 moderately deep ; basin imeven, shallow; flesh yellowish, crisp; flavor pleasant, agreeable sac- 

 oliarine, and resembles, in some measure, that of the Carthome, to whlcli, hoAvcver, it is superior ; 

 quality "very good." 



From Gu.\RLE3 Kessleb, of Reading. — Specimens of five varieties of apples : 



1. The Hepler, a seedling from the garden of ^Ii-. Hepler, of Rending. Size under medium > 

 oblate, inclining to conical; handsome, waxen yellow; stem rather long and slender; cavity wide, 

 deep, acuminate, and considerably russettod; basin contracted, moderately deep, irregulai-, fur- 

 rowed; flesh rather dry, but of pleasant flavor; quality "good." 



2. The Zicber, a seedling from the premises of Mr. Samuel Ziebkii, of Reading. Size below 

 medium; roundish; waxen yellow, with a striped red cheek, and a cicatrix on one side, extended 

 from the base halfway to the calyx; stem broken off'; cavity slightly ruBseted, moderately deep 

 and very narrow, with a small protuberance projecting into it; calyx small; basin narrow, 

 rather deep; flesh somewhat dry, but pleasantly flavored; quality "good." 



3. The Neversinl; a seedling found last autumn, growing among the brush on the side of the 

 Neversink mountain, in Berks county. Pa. Though not five feet high when discovered, its 

 branches contained two bushels of apples of most attractive appearance. Fruit large; roundish; 

 exterior of an exceedingly beautiful waxen orange yellow color, with a few russet dots, and a 

 delicately striped and richly mottled carmine cheek; stem very short and rather stout; cavity 

 narrow, acuminate shallow; calyx large; basin deep, rather wide, furrowed ; seed greyish-yellow, 

 acute-ovate ; flesh yellowish, somewhat tough, owing, probably, to the fruit being much shriv- 

 elled; flavor approaching that of the Pine Apple; quality "very good." 



4. The Marks, a seedling from the premises of Mr. Marks, of Berks county, Pa. Size medium ; 

 roundlsli, tapering slightly to the crown, and somewhat angular; yellowish white, with a few 

 russet dots, and nearly covered with a faint orange blush; stem half an inch long, a twelfth of 

 an inch thick; cavity narrow, deep, acuminate; calyx small, closed; basin narrow, ratber deep, 

 slightly russeted; seed yellowish grey; flesh whitish, tender, fine texture; flavor delicatelj' 

 perfumed; quality "very good" if not "best." 



5. Tlie Pfeiffer, a seedling of Spring township, Berks county. Pa. Size below medium; 

 roundish; sparsely streaked with red on a yellowish-green ground on the shaded parts, the streaks 

 boinf more numerous, and on a fawn colored ground, on the side exposed to the sun ; stem broken 

 off in all the specimens, slender, inserted in a narrow, superficial cavity; calyx rather large; 

 basin wide, moderately deep, plaited ; specimens evidently unripe. The Pfeiffer is represented 

 as being a very late keeping variety — ^the period of maturity extending to July. 



From Davtd Miller, Jr., of Carlisle. — The York Imperial or Johnon's Fine Wi7iier. This 

 apple is believed to be a native of York county, Pa. Size rather below medium ; truncatod-oval, 

 ano-ular; the unexposed side is mottled and striped, so as to present a greyish-red aspect on a 

 greenish-yellow ground, and on the sunny side the color is a dull crimson ; stem short, and 

 moderately stout; cavity wide and rather deep; calyx small, closed, and set in a deep, wide, 

 plaited basin ; flesh greenish-white, tender, crisp, juicy; flavor pleasant and agreeably saccharine; 

 quality at least "good," and to many tastes "very good." 



From P. R. Feeas, of Germantown. — The Jenkins, a native apple of Montgomery county, Pa, 

 which originated with John M. Jen-kins, of Hatfield township, near Montgomery Square. Fruit 

 small; roundish-ovate; red, interspersed with numerous large white dots, on a yellowish ground; 

 stem more than a half an inch long, slender; cavity deep, rather wide, sometimes russeted; calyx 

 closed; basin deep, open, furrowed; core above medium; seed greyish-brown, acute-ovate; flesh 

 white, tender, fine texture, juicy; flavor agreeably saccharine, exceedingly pleasant and aromatic; 

 quality "very good," if not "best" Tlie Jenkim is one of those delicious little apples peculiarly 

 fitted for the table at evening entertainments ; and, in conjunction with the Evening Party, will 

 probably supplant the Pomme d'Api, on those festive occasions. 



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