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^ Valuable Seedlhiff Apple. 



lings, but fortunately the trees are hardy, good bearers, and the fruit, as a general 

 thing, of a size and quality to find ready sale in the market, at little, if anything, 

 below the best market prices. 



The apples are all fine in appeai'ance ; one is nearly a fac simile of the Swar, three 

 and three-quarter inches in diameter, of a golden-yellow, specked with greenish-grey 

 dots, but come to the " innards " we find it a difl'erent thing — open core, etc. 



A Valuable Seedling Apple. 



AT the late meeting of (he Illinois State Horticultural Society, Mr. J. C. Ham- 

 mond, of Warsaw, 111., handed us a seedling apple, from which the accompanying 

 illustration was copied : 



Description. — Size large ; form one-sided, flattened ; skin pale-yellow splashed with 

 carmine; stem medium in length, stout; core small, seeds pale-brown, small; cavity 



.SeeiUiiig Apjjle 



narrow, deep ; basin medium ; calyx closed ; core surroundings distinct ; flesh white, 

 tender, breaking very juicy ; sub-acid; flavor excellent; season January. 



The attention of the society was called to this new seedling for the first, and we 

 believe it was conceded, by all who tried it, better in quality than Ben Davis, and if 

 anything, more attractive in appearance. Mr. Hammond kindly favors us with the 

 following account of its origin and characteristics of tree : 



Mark Miller: — I have made some inquiries in relation to the seedling apple, 

 exhibited at the late meeting of our State Horticultural Society, and find the follow- 

 ing to be its history: 



About the year 1838, Col. Samuel Chandler removed, with his family, from Mus- 

 kingum county, Ohio, to Hancock county, Illinois. I\Irs. Chandler brought with her 

 a quantity of apple seeds, which she planted in the garden, where they were permitted 



