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ally above the middling size : the form is oblong full, 

 even, and fair, hollowed at both ends the skin has 

 a greenish cast, turning yellow when fully ripe, with 

 clouds of small black dots the flesh is firm, very rich, 

 juicy, and highly flavoured ; in taste and colour like 

 the yellow flesh of a pear: it is the finest early winter 

 apple of the middle States, and continues in full per- 

 fection until the maturity of the Newton Pippin ; it 

 is also a much admired cider apple, and an abundant 

 bearer, but apt to drop early in the autumn: the 

 tree is of an irregular growth, the branches crooked 

 and drooping, requiring great attention to pruning, 

 which, when properly done, may be made conducive 

 to the improvement of the natural growth its excel- 

 lence will remunerate any expense in rearing the tree, 

 in the best form to promote its growth. 



NO. 57. CUMBERLAND SPICE. 



This apple was brought from Cumberland county 

 New-Jersey : It is a fine fall and early winter fruit 

 for the table the size is large, the form rather long, 

 lessening towards the point; the colour a pale yellow; 

 the stalk short and thick, with a small cavity around it; 

 the flesh is remarkably white, tender, and easy of di- 

 gestion ; the pericarpium large and hollow ; the skin 

 full of clouds of black dots near the stem, apt to 



