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is of a small and delicate growth ; very hardy, and 

 of a handsome appearance it is a great bearer, and 

 is seldom injured by Spring frosts. 



NO. 12. ROSEAU D ? AUTOMNE. 



This is an apple of middling size, and of great 

 beauty. The skin is red, intermingled with bright 

 rich yellow, and russet about the stem, which is short 

 and deeply planted in a hollow, as is the crown : the 

 flesh is rich, yellow, juicy, tender, highly flavoured, 

 and very firm ; containing much of that transparency 

 vulgarly called, fever and ague, which renders it hea- 

 yy and solid : it ripens in September the tree is of a 

 large and vigorous growth, and spreads much. I 

 imported it from England. 



NO. 13. HAGLOE CRAB. 



The character of this apple as a cider fruit, stands 

 very high in Herefordshire, England, where the pa- 

 rent tree was standing in 1783, in the orchard of Mr. 

 Bellamy of that county : the cider, as stated by Mr, 

 Marshal, has been supposed to exceed, for richness, 

 flavour, and price, any fruit liquor which nature and 

 art have produced. Sixty guineas have been offered 



