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592. Arkad Dlimui; Long Arcade:— A small or medium sized fruit, much 

 like Red Astrachan in form and color; flesh, white and fine grain, and a mikU 

 pleasant acid. Season, late fall or early winter. Such is the opinion of Mr. 

 Tuttle, who speaks of the tree as very hardy, a medium grower and an early 

 bearer. 



597. Pesolschnaja Steklianka; Glassy Sand;— A small and very conic'jfruit, of 

 medium quality, basin not wrinkled, as fruited by Mr. Sias. As described by- 

 Mr. Schroeder, it is a fall, sour greening. That grown by Mr. Sias may be true 

 to name, I cannot be sure. 



600. Dlimoe; Long apple; — This evidently gets its name from the tree, which 

 has few and long branches, thicklv studded with short spurs, each crowned in 

 season with a rosette of beautiful, little red apples, of good quality, says Mr. 

 Webster. 



874. Borowinka Sladkaja; Sweet Mushroom;— A good flavored, sweet app!e^ 

 of good size and rather tough flesh, says Mr. Saunders. 



965. GruschefFka Sladkaja; Sweet Pear; Not a sweet but a fine sub-acid 

 apple, of the Yellow Transparent class, says Mr. Webster. I saw it at Mr. Spauld- 

 ing's, probably the same fruit. 



966. Tuchernokrasnoe; Red Black;— Mr. Sias says, one of the most showy 

 and beautiful of my Russian varieties, and one of the largest. Color, nearly 

 black where well exposed to the sun. A little coarse in texture but a good mar- 

 ket apple. Season probably October or November. 



970. Tuhuginka Selomaja;— Green Citron.— Medinm in size, shy bearer, not 

 profitable. — Sias. 



971. Wassilli Welikui;— Vassilis Largest.— This belongs to the same family 

 as Green Streaked, Zolotoreff", and Turnipy Juicy. Mr. Tuttle says, it is a little- 

 more like Alexander, in color and appearance of th^tree, than the others, about 

 the same quality, and like the others an early bearer, of large, showy, fall, mar- 

 apples. 



973 Stekliannoe Duschisstoe ; — Shining Aromatic. — Fruit of no value here, says- 

 Mr. Webster. Mr. Tuttle says, an acid fruit, rather fine in grain, and with 

 some flavor, not bad, but we have too many such apples. 



975.— Tetnekrasnoe.— Red Teat.— This tree, says Mr. Webster, is a wonderful 

 bearer, and the fruit if judiciosuly thinned, large to very large, but of fair quality 

 and flavor only. September. It is like Mr. Webster's Zolotoreff, but not so- 

 good in quality, nor does it seem to keep as long. 



978. Beel Solotofskaja.— Golden White;— Dr. Hoskins pronounces this the 

 best late fall apple among the Russians, for market purposes; St. Peter the best 

 early fall. Dr. Hoskins descrsbes it as medium in size, round, with no cavity. 

 In color, a dull, pale green, turning to a dull yellow, with a few pale red 

 stripes in the sun. Many specimens have no red at all. The flesh is soft, a lit- 

 tle coarse. Flavor, a very sub-acid. Mr. R. Brodie of Coteau St. Pierre exhib- 

 ited in Montreal last September, a plate which seemed this variety. He has- 

 five trees of it, planted about five years, and the trees seem extra hardy, and a 

 good young bearer. The samples shown were a good deal above medium in 

 size, and some samples grown by Mr. Brodie have been very nearly as large as- 

 Alexander. 



981* Beelowoe Scholtoseroe;— White Russet;— Mr. Tuttle says a large, yellow 

 apple with a red cheek, a little russety around the stem. Quality good. An 

 early and abundant bearer. Season late fall. 



