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THE APPLE. 



red, a few brown dots; stalk short, small ; cavity broad, deep; calva. 

 large, open ; basin broad, deej), slightly cornigated : ilesh whitish yel- 

 low, half tine, tender, juicy, pleasant subacid, slightly aromatic. Octo- 

 ber January. 



Smith's Favorite. 



Origin, on the farm of Isaac Smith, Winthrop, Maine ; tree vigorous, 

 upright at first, forming a large round /lead ; an annual bearer, but more 

 abundantly alternate years; valuable in its locality for family use and 

 market. 



Fruit medium, roundish, sometimes inclining to oblong, sligbtl}' 

 angular; 'skin pale yellowj thinly shaded, striped, splashed, and mottled 

 with light red over half or more of the surface, and moderately sprinkled 

 with light dots ; stalk rather long, slender ; cavity medium ; calyx 

 closed ; basin small, corrugated ; flesh pale yellow, half fine, half tender,' 

 Juicy, subacid, slightly aromatic; core niedivira. Octobei", November. 



Southern Porter. 



Porter. Kidd. Jones. 



Fall. Hog Pen. Long. 



An old and valuable apple, which originated about ten miles east of 

 Chesterville, South Carolina ; tree bardy, a strong grower, young wood 



Southern Porter. 



hard and tough, rather spreading ; very productive alternate years, and 

 a moderate crop the intervening one; one of the most popular apples 

 of its locality and season, ripening near two months later than the 

 Porter. 



Fruit medium, roundish conical, regular ; skin bright golden yellow. 



