^ 150 APPLES. 



it is esteemed the most profitable apple produced in 

 the Eastern counties of this State, where it was origi- 

 nally cultivated, and derived its name from a family 

 resident in that part of the country. 



NO. 8j. GRANIWINKLE. 



This apple is of moderate size, in form rather ob- 

 long the skin a dark red, somewhat rough the flesh 

 a dead sweet, very rich, of a yellow colour. The cider 

 produced from this apple, resembles a sirup in its 

 taste and consistence it originated in one of the East- 

 ern counties of New- Jersey, and obtained its name 

 from a farmer who first cultivated it : it is usually mix- 

 ed with the Harrison for making cider of a superior 

 quality it ripens in the month of November. 



NO. 86. HEWES'S VIRGINIA CRAB. 



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This apple is of very small size; the form nearly 

 round, the stem long and thin, the skin a dull red, mix- 

 ed with faint streaks of greenish yellow, and numerous 

 small white spots. The juice, although acid and aus- 

 tere to the taste when mixed with the flesh, becomes 

 sweet and highly flavoured when expressed from the 

 pulp in the perfect maturity of the fruit : the flesh is 



