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fully ripe, is yellow ; the flesh rich, yellow and juicy 

 in appearance, it somewhat resembles a large yellow 

 Newton Pippin. It came originally from the state of 

 New-York ripens in November. 



NO. 66. ORANGE APPLE. 



This is a fine table fruit in the fall and early winter 

 months ; and is thought to be a good cider fruit : the 

 size is small, the form oblong the colour a greenish 

 yellow the flesh yellow, rich, juicy, and sprightly; 

 the tree is of moderate size, the growth upright, and 

 its fruitfulness great. It is much cultivated in seve- 

 ral of the middle counties of New- Jersey as a highly 

 estimable apple. 



NO. 67. BLACK APPLE. 



The size is below middling ; the form round, but 

 flat at the ends, the stem half an inch long, planted 

 deep, the crown not much hollowed ; the skin smooth, 

 of a deep red approaching to blackness, with a down 

 which obscures its brightness till rubbed off: the flesh 

 is yellow, rich, juicy, crisp, and well tasted it ripens 

 in November, and is much admired as a fine table fruit, 

 which keeps well the tree is of moderate size, the 



