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Aunt's Apple. 



Origin unknown. Tree small, delicate, very prodnctive. Fruit 

 large, oblong, yellow, mostly covered and streaked "with a lively red 

 Flesh yellow, breaking, juicy, not rich. November. (Coxe.) 



Aunt Hannah. 



Origin, Essex Co., Mass. Tree of slow growth. Fruit medium, 

 oblate, nearly globular. Skin golden yellowish, sprinkled with iiisset. 

 Stem shoi't, inserted in a cavity surrounded by russet. Calyx closed. 

 Basin very shallow. Flesh yellow, fine-grained, with a lich peculiar 

 flavor, slightly musky. Good. December to February. 



Aunt Susan's Favorite. 



Originated from seed, by Mrs. Susan Tippet, in Missouri, about 

 twenty-live years since. Tree hardy, thrifty, vigorous, round open head, 

 good and regular beai'er. Fi'uit lai-ge, roundish, flattened, light yellow, 

 shaded and striped with shades of deep and light red. Stalk short. 

 Cavity deep. Calyx closed. Flesh white, tender, juicy, mild, subacid. 

 Good. August. (M. S. H. Soc.) 



Austin Sweet. 



Origin, Mercer Co., Pa. Tree irregular spreading. 



Fruit medium, roundish, inclining to conic, pale yellow, sprinkled 

 with a few brown dots and patches of russet. Stalk short and small ; 

 cavity, wide open, deej?, rueseted. Calyx open. Segments short, erect. 

 Basin abrupt, deep, uneven. Flesh white, moderately juicy, rich, sweet. 

 Very good. Core medium. September to December. 



Autumn Golden Pippin. 



An old English vai-iety. Tree vigorovis. Fruit small, lemon-yel- 

 low, little russeted. Flesh rich, and delicious flavor. (Kon.) 



Autumn Pearmain. 



Winter Pearmain. 



A slow-growing tree, but attains a large size. Branches slender, 

 spreading. Fruit of medium size, I'oundish, narrowing gradually toward 

 the eye. Color bro"s\"nish-ye]low, mixed with green on the shaded side, 

 but next the sun reddish, blended with yellow, streaked with deeper red, 

 and sprinkled with numerous small brown specks. Stalk short, obliquely 

 planted under a fleshy lip. Calyx small, set in a broad shallow bo sin, 

 which is sometimes scarcely at all sunk, and obscux-ely plaited. Flesh 

 pale yellow, crisp, firm, a little dry, but rich and high flavored. Core 

 lather small. Quality very good. October to March. 



Autumn Romanite. 



Originated on the farm of Jacob Nicely, Cumberland Co., Pa. Fruit 

 medium, round, somewhat flattened, beautiful red. Flesh yellow, plea- 

 sant. September. (A. Pom. S. Rep.) 



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