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We fully concur in this proposition ; for, although we respect 

 all names by which a fruit may be known in the vicinity 

 where it originated, yet, when such names are unmeaning or 

 absurd, it is desirable that they should be changed ; if this is 

 done when the fruit is described for the first time, with the 

 consent of the individual who introduces it to notice, there 

 will be no danger of a multiplication of synonymes. 



The Manomet apple is one of the finest early sweet apples ; 

 it is not so large as the Bough, but what it lacks in size is 

 more than made up in the beauty of its appearance ; for it is 

 fully as handsome as the Maiden's Blush, having a deep yel- 

 low skin, and a bright vermilion cheek. The tree is a vig- 

 orous and healthy grower, and a good bearer. 



Fig. 43. Manomet Apple, 



Size, medium, about three inches broad, and two and a 

 half deep : For?)!, roundish, regular, flattened at the base, 

 narrowing slightly to the crown : Skin, very fair, smooth, 

 lemon yellow, covered with a brilliant vermilion red on the 

 sunny side, little traced with russet at the base of the stem, 

 and dotted with russet specks : Stem, short, about half an inch 

 long, slender, straight, and inserted in a rather small shallow 

 cavity : Eye, large, closed, and slightly depressed in a small, 

 finely furrowed, shallow basin; segments of the calyx long : 



