THE APPLE. 



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Red Winter Pearmain. 



Red L;idy Finger. 

 Bunkum. 



Robertson's Pearmain. 

 Jackson's Red. 



Buncombe. Red Fall Pippin. 



Red Vandevere. Meig's. 



Batchelor. Tinson's Red. 



Southern Fall Pippin. Powers. 



Origin unknown. An old variety. Tree of moderate upright 

 growth ; a regular bearer. Young shoots clear rich reddish brown 

 slightly downy. 



Bed Winter Pearmain. 



Fruit medium size, roundish oblong conic, yellowish white, mostly 

 shaded with mai'oon and thickly sprinkled with large liglit dots. Stalk 

 A'ery short, in an acute deep cavity, slightly rvisseted. Calyx closed, set 

 in a small, round, open basin. Flesh whitish yellow, tender, juicy, mild 

 subacid, or nearly sweet, slightly aromatic. Good to very good. Jan- 

 uary to March. 



Red Winter S^^'EET. 



Origin unknown. Specimens from Kentucky, although the fruit 

 is there stated to have come from Virginia or Maryland. 



Fruit medium, roundish conic, deep crimson on yellow, with indis- 

 tinct splashes an(l stripes, large and small light dots. Stalk short. 

 Cavity small. Calyx small, closed. Flesh yellow, a little coarse, rich, 

 honeyed sweet. Fine for cooking. December, February. 



Reed. 



Originated on the premises of George Reed, Leedsville, Dutcheaa 

 Co., N. Y. 



