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low, streaked with light and dark red ; stem, long, slender ; cavity, deep, 

 wide ; calyx, prominent ; basin, deep ; core, small ; seeds, hght brown ; 

 flesh, white, tender, brisk, sub-acid. April and May. (A. H. Ernst, 

 Ms.) 



Clyde Beauty. 



Mackie's Clyde Beauty. 



From Clyde, N. Y. Productive. Fruit, large, roundish conical, 

 slightly ribbed ; pale, greenish yellow, striped and mottled with light red, 

 deep crimson in the sun; stem, short, slender; cavity, deep; calyx, 

 closed ; basin, furrowed ; flesh, white, fine grained, juicy, sub-acid ; " best." 

 October to December. Deserves more attention. 



Cole. 



Scarlet Perfume. 



Foreign. Tree, slender growth, irregular, diverging or spreading, 

 hardy, an early bearer of a pleasant sprightly fruit. Fruit, medium, 

 roundish, httle conical, bright red ; stem, long, slender ; calyx, medium, 

 partly closed ; flesh, white, juicy ; " very good." August. 



Cooper. 



Beauty Red, | Lady Washington, 



Seek-no-further, of some erroneously. 



An Eastern variety, recovered at West, where it was brought in 

 1796 ; its identity with any variety now known East, is not established ; 

 hence we must continue under its present name. Growth, upright, 

 stout; branches at right angles; wood, reddish, "subject to canker;" a 

 good bearer, maturing its fruit nearly all at the same time. Succeeds best 

 on rich limestone clay. 



Fruit, large, often very large ; roundish flattened, greenish yellow with 

 stripes and blotches of pale red ; calyx, closed ; basin, deep; stem, slender, 

 short; cavity, deep; flesh, yellowish, not fine grained, crisp, juicy; 

 " very good." September, but often keeps to November. 



Cooper's Early White. 



Grown in Ilhnois and Wisconsin, where it is regarded as productive 

 and profitable. Fruit, medium ; roundish, little flattened ; pale yellow, with 

 faint blush, greenish tinge at stem ; stem, short ; cavity, narrow, deep ; 

 calyx, closed ; basin, deep, abrupt, slightly furrowed ; flesh, white, crisp, 

 sprightly. September and October. 



Cocklin's Favorite. 



Small, roundish^ truncated apple, native of Allen Township, Cumber- 

 land Co. ; quality, " very good." (W. D. B.) 



Chief Good. 



?ummum Bonum. 



From Kentucky, near Louisville. Fruit, medium to large, roundish, 



