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fruit, in the county of Bucks, and the contiguous parts 

 of Pennsylvania : the size is middling, its appearance 

 resembles the Vandervere the skin is smooth, a live- 

 ly streaked red it is a pleasant table fruit, but is chief- 

 ly used for cider. The tree is tall, the limbs shoot 

 upwards ; it is sometimes loaded with fruit beyond any 

 other tree in our orchards, requiring great care to pre- 

 vent the branches being destroyed by the weight of 

 fruit. It ripens in October and November. 



NO. 53. CANN APPLE. 



This apple is cultivated in West-Jersey as a fine 

 cider fruit ; it takes its name from the peculiarity of the 

 shape, which resembles a cann in form, it approach- 

 es to a cone the size is moderate, the colour an olive 

 green, with a portion of red in the cheek next the Sun : 

 the skin is dotted with faint spots, and towards the 

 blossom end inclines to a brownish red ; the stern is of 

 ordinary size the flesh white and sweet the tree is 

 of thrifty growth, with a spreading form. 



NO. 54. ROMAN STEM. 



This apple was first propagated in the neighbour- 

 hood of Burlington New- Jersey, where the original 



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