DESCRIPTION OF APPLES AND PEARS. 22Q 



low; fine grained and breaking or melting, juicy, 

 aromatic and delicious. Quality best; use, table 

 and kitchen. Season, September and October. 



Mr. Piper says of this variety : ' 'For early fall we 

 have the Jeffries, which is one of the heaviest 

 of bearers. I have taken 4^ bushels off a 

 tree less than 4 inches in diameter. The apples 

 are equal in flavor to a good pear, and are 

 first-class in every respect. Any one who has bought 

 the Jeffries once will buy it again if he can get it. ' ' 



We have not tried this apple top worked, but 

 think it would be well to try it in some of the 

 crabs and the hardiest of the apples, for the 

 north. Mr. Piper in the same paper says the Wythe 

 Salome and Pewaukee should be top worked, and 

 as the Jeffries is not, we presume that in hard- 

 iness it will range about with these varieties, or 

 better. 



McMahorf s White. Tree a fair grower, some- 

 what irregular, shoots and bark light colored and 

 dotted like the E. G. Russet; foliage, large, light 

 green. Hardiness 2. Fruit, large round, some- 

 times drawn in at the apex, like the Haas, though 

 not so abrupt; color light green and yellowish and 

 sometimes faintly blushed on the sunny side. 

 Quality good; flesh, white and juicy, and pleasant 

 sub-acid flavor. Use, kitchen and market. Good 

 bearer. Season, October to through November. 

 This is generally placed on the winter lists, but 

 keeps about with the Wealthy, or later. 



Peerless. A Minnesota seedling originated in 



