APPLES. 133 



It is an excellent fruit for late cider: the size is small, 

 the colour yellow, the skin covered with bright russet, 

 rough to the touch ; the flesh is rich, yellow, and 

 highly flavoured ; it ripens about the first of Novem- 

 ber : the tree is large, handsome, and spreading, and 

 an abundant bearer. 



NO. 89. WINESAF. 



This is one of our best cider fruits, and is much es- 

 teemed as a good eating apple : the size is middling, 

 the form round, lessening a little towards the crown : 

 the skin is smooth, the colour a dark red, with a small 

 portion of yellow, and sometimes a few streaks the 

 flesh is rich, yellow, and tolerably juicy, pleasant, 

 and sweet ; the cider produced from it is vinous, clear, 

 and strong ; equal to any fruit liquor of our country 

 for bottling. The apples hang late, and -make good 

 cider without housing; they will however repay all 

 the expense of complete maturation in an airy loft, by 

 the increased flavour of the liquor the tree is well 

 adapted to light soils : of 100 trees I planted on a sandy 

 blowing knoll eight years ago, and well cultivated, 

 not one has died every tree bears fine fair apples; 

 it is becoming the most favorite cider fruit in West 

 Jersey. The form of the tree is irregular, th branches 

 often grow downwards, and render it difficult to train 



