NORTHERN SPY APPLE. 



TREE. Very vigorous, upright, and very regular, as represented in 

 our vignette, which is from a tree three years grafted; when old, form- 

 ing a handsome head. 



WOOD. Dark reddish chestnut, rather slender, short-jointed, and 

 thickly covered with very prominent, round, grayish specks ; buds very- 

 small, short, and flattened : Flower-buds oval. 



LEAVES. Medium size, ovate-oblong,, rich glossy green, tapering reg- 

 ularly to the point, with one side of the base longer than the other ; 

 margins wavy, with very irregular, rather sharp, and moderately deep ser- 

 ratures ; petioles rather short and slender. 



FLOWERS. Medium size, tinged with pink. 



FRUIT. Large, about two and a half inches deep, and three and u 

 half broad : Form, roundish-conical, flat and broad at the base, tapering 

 much towards the crown, which is small : Skin, fair, smooth, yellow on 

 the shady side, but nearly covered with bright glossy red and distinct 

 stripes of rich purplish crimson, extending nearly to the eye ; often hav- 

 ing a blotch of russet around the stem, marked with scattered yellow 

 specks, and partially covered with a thin white bloom : Stem, short, 

 about half an inch in length, rather slender, and very deeply inserted in 

 a large, very wide, open, cavity : Eye, small, and rather deeply sunk in 

 a medium sized, somewhat ribbed, and abruptly depressed hollow : Flesh, 

 yellowish white, fine, crisp, and very tender : Juice, plentiful and brisk, 

 of a rich sub-acid, possessing a peculiarly delicious aromatic flavor : 

 Core, medium size, and rather open. 



RIPE in January, and keeps perfectly sound till June. 



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