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age size and typical form of the variety and carefully picked to pre- 
vent loosing the stem, and when known a history of the tree should 
accompany the fruit. Among samples secured since our last report 
are the Fossburg, of the Jewell Nursery Co.; North Star, by C. G. 
Patten; and Ethlyn, from Edson Gaylord, that merit more than pass- 
ing notice and are likely to soon appear in nurserymen’s catalogues. 
The Fossburg is a large fruit; size, 8; weight, 9 oz.; form, oblate 
round, tapering a little towards the eye; color, greenish-yellow 
ground, striped and splashed with red; skin,a little rough to the 
feel, from numerous slightly raised, grayish dots over the surface; 
stem, medium short, set in a rather broad, deep, greenish or light 
russeted cavity; calyx, open in a medium deep,abrupt, wrinkled ba- 
sin; flesh, yellow, a little coarse, of mild acid flavor; season, late Oc- 
tober. 
North Star. Thisis from seed of a large russet hybrid supposed 
to be a cross between the Golden Russet apple and a Siberian 
crab. The fruit is about medium size (4 to5); weight, 4 to 50z.; form, 
NORTH STAR. 
smooth, flattish round; color, yellow with light bluish cheek, and 
sprinkled over with light grayish dots; stem, short, medium, in a 
regular smooth russeted cavity; calyx, partly open, in a broad, shal- 
low, wrinkled basin; flesh, yellow, firm, fine grained, tender; flavor, 
spicy, sub-acid, good; season, early winter; a fine eating apple; ori- 
gin, Iowa. 
Ethlyn, by C. H. Griffith, Eagle Grove, Ia. Size, 414; form, round- 
ish; color, yellow, striped with red on sun side; stem, medium long, 
setin a medium deep, grayish, russeted cavity, often showing the 
Roman Nose on one side; calyx, small and closed, in a broad, shal- 
low, slightly wrinkled basin; core, small and closed; flesh, firm, fine 
grained, deep yellow. The flavor is a pleasant acid and very good; 
season, winter, December to March. This variety has an interesting 
history. It was produced from seed of Bethlemite apples grown 
on a top-graft inserted in the limbs of a wild native crab, a portion 
of the top remaining ungrafted. The first seeds were planted in 
1878, of which only two grew. The trees were set in orchard in 1882 
