154 4PPLES. 



in a handsome shape ; it bears more uniformly thaa 

 any fruitful kind with which I am acquainted. 



NO. 90. GHEYHOUSE. 



The Greyhouse, is thought to be the finest cider 

 brought to the Philadelphia market, by the generality 

 of the admirers of that liquor, with the exception of 

 the Crab: in my own opinion, it does not surpass the 

 Winesap, when well made >the form of the fruit is 

 round, the size middling, a plump smooth skin of a 

 dull ted, mixed with faint streaks or blotches still more 

 dull the flesh is firm and dry, without much indica- 

 tion of its excellence in taste or smell : the cider when 

 first made, is of sirupy richness; of great strength; 

 and when well fined, of peculiar delicacy and purity. 

 The tree is by no means hardy nor is it a regular 

 bearer, although it sometimes produces abundantly 

 one of the finest orchards of this fruit, stands on a 

 sub -soil of river mud ; meadow and river mud have 

 been found highly efficacious in promoting its growth. 

 The fruit hangs late, and makes excellent cider with- 

 out housing the must is very heavy, next in weight 

 to that of the Coopers Russeting, which weighs twen- 

 tyfour dwt. per pint more than water. 



