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cavity medium ; calyx closed ; basin rather shallow, slightly corru- 

 uatod; flesh yellowish, a litttle coarse, moderately juicy, subacid; core 

 Miiall. December, March. 



ROCKWOOD. 



Origin, Belgrade, INIaine, on the farm of John Rockwood ; tree hardy, 

 healthy, vigorous, upright; an early and full bearer alternate years,- and 

 a light crop the intervening ones; it is popular and profitable where 

 known. 



Fruit medium, roundish, inclining to oblong, flattened at the ends, 

 angular; skin greenish yellow, nearly covered with light and dark 

 ♦lull red, brownish red in the sun, and numerous yellowish dots, a few 

 ureole ; stalk rather short ; cavity medium ; calyx closed ; basin me- 

 diuui, corrugated ; flesh whitish, half fine, tender, moderately jixicy, 

 mild subacid, inclining to sweet ; core small. December, February. 



Sarah. 



Origin, farm of John Tufts, East Wilton, Maine ; tree very vigorous, 

 fo lining a broad spreading toj> ; an early and good bearer, annually, with 

 very large crops alternate years ; a valuable and profitable apple for 

 market and home use. 



Friiit large to very large, oblate conic ; skin yellow shaded and mottled 

 with light red, striped and sj^lashed with dark red, some splashes almost 

 purplish, a few light dots ; stalk short, small ; cavity broad, deep ; calyx 

 closed, or half open; basin medium, slightly corrugated; flesh whitish, 

 coarse, tender, juicy, brisk subacid; core medium. October. 



Settle Pippin. 



Superb White. Hex's White. Hick's White. 



Adams White. Settle's Superb. Gloucester White, incorrectly. 



Euglish Codlin, incorrectly. 



An old apple of unknown origin, supposed to be Maryland or Vir- 

 ginia ; it is a popular apple in Winchester and the lower part of the 

 .Shenandoah Valley of its season ; tree thrifty and vigorous, making a 

 fine head ; an early and annual bearer. 



Fruit medium or nearly so, roundish oblate conic ; skin white, shaded 

 with light red, and sprinkled with a few bi'own dots; stalk short, small: 

 cavity i-ather large, deep ; calyx small, closed ; basin rather shallow, 

 broad, corrugated ; flesh quite white, fine, crisp, tendei*, juicy, mild sub- 

 acid, refreshing ; core small. September, November. 



SiSK. 



Origin, on the the farm of Joseph Sisk, near Preston, Maryland ; tree 

 vigorous, upright; not an early bearer, but with age bears good cro])s, 

 annually ; some seasons less alternate years. 



Fruit i-ather large, oblate, somewhat depressed ; skin pale yellow, 

 shaded, and rather obscurely striped and splashed with light and dark 



