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THE APPLE. 



minute russet dots, with occasional spots or bloiolies of russet, and, 

 grown on alluvial soils south, patches of dark green mould ; stem, 

 slender ; cavity, acuminate regular ; cahjx, small ; badn, deep, abrupt, 

 hollowed, and slightly wrinkled ; flesh, greenish white, very fine- 

 grained, juicy, crisp, sprightly perfumed; core, compact ; seeds, dark 

 brown, ovate. Season, February to May. 



Newtown Spitzenberg. 



Ox-Eye, 



Burlington Spitzenberg 



.Toe Berry. 



Matchless, 

 Kountz, 



American. From Newtown, Long Island. It is extensively and 

 sucicessfully grown in the West as Ox-Eye, and highly estimated. 



Fruit, medium; form, round, flattened; color, yellow ground, 

 mostly striped and splashed with red, which often has appearance as 

 of a bloom ; russet dots and lines that near the calyx look like the 

 crests of waves ; stem, long, slender; cavity, narrow, deep, regular ; 

 ca/yrr, small, segments erect; 6asm, op©", regular, not deep ; flesh, 

 yellow, tender, slightly sweet, rich, aromatic ; core, small ; seeds, few, 

 ovate pointed. Season, December to February. 



Northern Spy. 



American. Native of East Bloomfield, N. Y. While the quality 

 of this variety secures it a place among first class fruit, it cannot 

 be considered"^ a profitable variety until the trees have acquired at 



