APP 



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APP 



Fig. 11.— (P. 49.) 



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apples on even a light sandy soil, aided 

 by the application of river or meadow 

 mud as a manure, two or three cart 

 loads to a tree." — Coxe. 



WiNF. Apple. (Fig. 1.5.) This is a 

 well known variety in Philadelphia. It 

 is unusually large, and attractive from 

 its beautifully fair and handsome ap- 

 pearance. The outline is round, rather 

 flattened at the poles; prevailing colour 

 rod, shaded and spotted with yellow. 

 .Stalk quite short, never rising to the 

 crown of the fruit, which is occasion- 

 ally of a russet hue, Calyx large and 

 deeply seated, ripe in October, and in 

 eating through the antumn and winter. 

 It is equally adapted to the table, 

 kitchen and press. The habit of the 

 tree is open, growth large and hand- 

 some. 



.-Esopus Spitzenburg. Thomp. Lind. 

 Ken. (Fig. 16.) There are but few, 

 very few apples to which higher rank is 

 awarded than to this variety, which has 

 the rare advantage of beauty and good- 

 ness combined. It is said to have origi- 

 nated at j^Lsopus on the Hudson river. 

 The size full medium, with an oblong out- 

 line. Skin fair and smooth, of a fine clear 

 red, in some specimens of a brilliant hue 

 on the sunny side, the opposite of a yel- 

 lowish cast. Flesh yellow, and in thelan- 

 guage ofCoxe, "singularly rich, juicy and 

 sprightly." Stem of medium length, well 

 planted. Calyx in a shallow depression. 

 In season November to February. 



IvAicirN's SpiTzrNBURG. Coxe. (Fig. 

 17.) This variety takes its name from 

 the original cultivator, the late Joseph 

 Kaighn, of Kaighn's Point, New Jersey. 



