•JS THE APPLE. 



right, rather ii'regular, very procbictive alternate seasons, and an excellent 

 winter apple ; yoinig slioots reddish brown. 



Fruit medium to large roundish, slightly conic ; skin pale yellow, 

 shaded with dark red in the sun, thinly shaded and rather obscurely and 

 faintly splashed and striped in the shade, moderately sprinkled "with 

 light dots; stalk short, small; cavity medium, considerably russeted ; 

 calyx open ; basin quite large, deep, smooth ; flesh yellowish, fine, a lic- 

 tle firm, crisp, jiiicy, pleasant subacid, vinous; very good; core small. 

 December, March. 



Princeton. 



Origin, Massachusetts. Tree a vigorous grower, spreading ; a good 

 bearer alternate years. 



Fruit medium, oblate, slightly angular ; skin pale yellow, shaded, 

 striped and splashed with light and dark red over most of the surface, 

 a few light and gray dots ; stalk short, small ; cavity medium, smooth, 

 sometimes thinly russeted ; calyx closed ; basin lai'ge, deep, a little un- 

 even; flesh white, fine, tender, juicy, pleasant subacid; good to very 

 good ; core medium. October, January. 



Reliance. 



Origin, Berlin, Wis. ; received from G. 'N. Smith, who writes that it 

 is valuable for that locality for its hardiness, vigor, and productiveness. 



Fruit conical, or oblong conical, slightly I'ibbed, or "w-ith broad shal- 

 low furrows ; skin pale light yellow with broken stripes and shades of 

 deep red where fvilly exposed ; stalk short ; cavity deep, open, slight 

 greenish russet ; calyx nearly closed ; basin deep, broad, open, with 

 many ' small sharp furrows ; flesh white, half fine, tender, moderately 

 juicy, mild subacid; good to very good; core rather open at centre. 

 January to March. — {liural JVew- Yorker.) 



Ripley. 



Ripley's Claret. 



This is said to have been raised by N. L. Ripley, of CollinsviUe, 

 Madison County, 111. Tree said to be thrifty, well shaped and tolerably 

 productive. 



Fruit medium to lai-ge, oblate, somewhat conical, sides unequal ; 

 skin smooth and shining, greenish ground, nearly covered with a bril- 

 liant Ci'imson and marked with numerous white dots ; stem medium 

 length, slender ; calyx large, closed ; flesh white, firm, moderately 

 juicy, subacid ; very good ; core rather small and closed. Septem- 

 ber. (W. C. Flagg, in tTournal of Horticulture.) 



Rochester Pippin. 



A hybrid raised by Jacob Moore, of Rochester, N". Y., and judging 

 from the speciniens received, being of large si^e and excellent qualit}', 

 is a veiy ])romising winter variety. 



Fruit large, roundish oblate, nearly regular ; skin smooth, pale 

 greenish yellow, shaded with light brownish red in the sim, and a few 



