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THE APPLE. 



color^ yellow ground, mostly overspread and mottled with red ; fleshy 

 yellowish, tender, juicy, crisp. Season, December and January. This 

 may yet prove identical with " Richmond," described on future page. 



Porter. 



American — native of Massachusetts. Tree slender, slow growth, 

 a regular even bearer, requires strong soil in which there is good 

 supply of lime and phosphates ; succeeds wherever grown — one of 

 the best at South. 



Fruit, medium to large ; form, oblong conical ; color, bright, clear 

 yellow — when exposed to sun, a fine blush cheek; stem, slender, 

 cavity, shallow; calyx, medium, closed; basin, narrow, deep; Jlesh, 

 fine-grained, juicy, firm yet tender, acid. Season, September and 

 October. 



PoUGHKEEPSiE RuSSET, 

 English Russet, | Winter Russet ? 



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As this variety, described by Downing as the " English Russet," 

 is probably an American seedling, and as there are so many sorts 

 known under the general term of English Russet, we prefer to adopt 

 the name of Poughkeepsie Russet, as commemorative of the sec- 

 tion whence it was first disseminated. Growth, upright. Shoots, 

 lively brown, profuse bearer, and although only of medium size, its 

 quality of keeping over year renders it very profiuible. There is 

 also another called " Crow's Nest," sometimes sold under this name, 



