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and white ; the tree is of a growth remarkably sprea- 

 ding, with hanging, crooked shoots, and very open. 

 It makes cider nearly equal to the Grey-House : I 

 am informed by an intelligent and experienced farmer, 

 that fourteen bushels of this apple are required for a 

 barrel of cider. In the season of bearing, it produces 

 abundance of sound and fair fruit. 



NO. 83. HARRISON. 



This is the most celebrated of the cider apples of 

 Newark in New- Jersey : it is cultivated in high per- 

 fection, and to a great extent in that neighbourhood, 

 particularly on the Orange mountain ; the shape is ra- 

 ther long, and pointed towards the crown the stalk 

 long ; hence it is often called the long stem the ends 

 are deeply hollowed ; the skin is yellow, with many 

 small but distinct black spots, which give a rough- 

 ness to the touch : the flesh is rich, yellow, firm and 

 tough ; the taste pleasant and sprightly, but rather 

 dry it produces a high coloured, rich, and sweet ci- 

 der of great strength, commanding a high price in 

 New- York, frequently ten dollars and upwards per 

 barrel when fined for bottling. The trees are certain 

 bearers; the apples fall about the first of November; 

 they are below the middling size, remarkably free 

 from rot; ripen at that time, but wiU keep well when 



