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brought it into notice, as one of the very best 

 apples he had ever seen.. He informed me 

 that it was a thrifty growing and productive 

 variety, equal in flavor to any other sort of 

 the season fruit of medium size, keeping into the 

 spring. 



Lyman's Large Summer. Having never cul- 

 tivated this apple, we are indebted to Mr. Down- 

 ing for this description : 



u A large and handsome American fruit intro- 

 duced to notice by S. Lyman, of Manchester, 

 Conn. The bearing trees are easily recognised 

 by their long and drooping branches, which are 

 almost wholly without fruit spurs, but bear in 

 clusters at their extremities. They bear poorly 

 until the tree attains a considerable size, when it 

 yields excellent crops. Fruit quite large, round- 

 ish, flattened at the ends ; skin smooth, pale yel- 

 low ; flesh yellow, tender, sub-acid, rich, and high 

 flavored and excellent, either for the table, or for 

 cooking. Ripe last of August." 



Pine Apple Russet. This variety, not as yet 

 cultivated to any extent in this country, is a fruit, 

 according to Lindley, of high character. He 

 says, tl Fruit above medium size, flesh yellow, 

 crisp, very short and tender. Juice more abund- 

 ant than in any apple I have ever met with, as it 

 generally runs very copiously as soon as cut 

 open ; saccharine, with that just proportion of 

 acid which characterizes our most valuable fruits ; 

 and of a spicy aromatic flavor, with a high per- 

 fume. In eating from the end of September to 

 the middle of October." 



