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THE APPLE. 



Willow. 



Willow Twig ? I Willow Leaf? 



Under these names we have examined specimens, and although there is 

 a slight difference, we are inclined to think it only from varied location 

 and soil. The variety came from New Jersey. It is esteemed for or- 

 charding on rich bottom lands or prairies, being a good bearer, great keeper, 

 and valuable for Southern exportation. Fruit, above medium to large, 

 roundish ; dull yellow, striped, splashed or mottled with light and dark 

 red; calyx and basin, medium; stem, generally short, slender; cavity, 

 roundish acuminate ; core, rather small ; seeds, oblong pyriform ; flesh, 

 yellowish, rather dry, breaking, mild sub-acid; not quite "very good." 

 i)ec. to May. 



William Penn. 



A native of Columbia, Pennsylvania. Rather large, roundish oblate, 

 slightly conical ; color, grayish, delicately mottled, and striped with red 

 on a greenish yellow ground, with numerous white specks, in the centre 

 of which, is a minute russet dot ; stem, short, not very stout, sometimes 

 fleshy, inserted in an open, rather deep, russeted cavity ; basin, sometimes 

 wide and shallow, usually narrow, rather deep and furrowed ; flesh, 

 greenish yellow, juicy, with a delicious Spitzenberg aroma ; quality, " very 

 good," if not "best;" represented as being an abundant bearer. (W 

 D. B.) 



