151 4PPLES. 



NO. 96. COOPERS RUSSETING. 



This apple was first propagated from an antieut 

 tree in the possession of Mr. Joseph Cooper of Glou- 

 cester county, New-Jersey, who supposed it to be of 

 Indian origin of this fact, strong doubts are enter- 

 tained. The apple is small, of a pale yellow colour, 

 mixed with russet ; the form is oblong, diminishing to- 

 wards the crown; the stem is singularly long and thin ; 

 the flesh is dry, rich, and sweet: the fruit hangs till 

 about the first of November, it keeps well through the 

 winter, and is an economical kitchen apple, requiring 

 but little sugar. The cider is thought to be the 

 strongest in our country: it is, when first made, of a 

 sirupy consistence, continues so through the winter, 

 and is sometimes difficult to fine it is when properly 

 managed, a most exquisitely flavoured and vinous li- 

 quor the must is uncommonly heavy, weighing twen- 

 ty-four penny-weight in the pint heavier than water: 

 the tree is of small and irregular growth, the branches 

 shoot in every direction, and the wood being brittle, is 

 apt to be broken from the weight of fruit : this fault 

 may be remedied in a great degree, by pruning the la- 

 teral, and promoting the growth of the perpendicular 

 shoots. The tree suits light rich soils, in which it 

 grows vigorously, and bears abundantly. 



