128 APPLES. 



NO. 45-KAIGHNS SPITZEMBERG. 



This apple has a faint resemblance to the Esopus 

 Spiizeinberg, but is more pointed towards the crown : 

 the colour is a lively but pale red, faintly streaked, and 

 full of white spots : the skin is smooth, the stem long 

 and deeply planted, the crown very hollow the iiesh 

 finely flavoured, yellow, juicy, and tender; a beautiful 

 early winter fruit, highly deserving of propagation. 

 The tree is of spreading growth, and a very unsight- 

 ly form ; its name is derived from a family residing 

 in Gloucester county New-Jersey, where it was 

 first cultivated. 



NO. 46. IRISH APPLE. 



This is a fruit of large size, bearing a strong re- 

 semblance to the yellow Newton f Pippin both in 

 form and colour: the skin is full of small red spots- 

 the form is flat the stem short and deeply planted : 

 the flesh is pleasant, rich juicy, and sweet it ripens 

 % in November, and will keep for some months the 

 tree grows upright with delicate limbs. 1 have dis- 

 covered this tree to be deficient in hardiness in light 

 soils ; in a row of twenty, planted twelve years ago, a 

 large portion died at an early age; those which sur- 



