64 NEW AMERICAN OBCHARDIST. 



color deep red ; flavor sprightly, and very pleasant. It ri- 

 pens the first of August, and continues ripening to Septem- 

 ber. A native fruit, found on the farm of Major Benjamin 

 Williams, of Roxbury. 



SECTION II. 



AUTUMN FRUIT. 



19. AMERICAN NONPAREIL. Coze. 



A beautiful and excellent fruit ; medium-sized, oblong ; 

 contracted at its summit ; of a yellow color, streaked and 

 stained with bright red next the sun. Externally it resem- 

 bles the Hubbardston Nonsuch. The flesh is white, firm, 

 juicy, and good. October and November. 



20. AUNT'S APPLE. Coze. 



The tree grows feeble, but bears most abundantly. The 

 fruit is beautiful, large, oblong; the skin is smooth, 

 streaked with lively red on a yellow ground ; the flesh 

 yellow, melting, and juicy ; of an agreeable flavor, but not 

 rich. A popular market fruit, cultivated extensively in the 

 eastern counties of Pennsylvania. November. 



21. *BOXFORD. M-. 



A very superior fruit ; large, flat, and striped with red 

 on a yellow ground; the flesh is tender, and the flavor 

 excellent. A new variety, which originated on the farm of 

 Mr. Peter Towne, in Boxford, Mass. The fruit ripens in 

 September and October, and the tree is a great bearer. 



22. *BRABANT BELLE FLEUR. 



Very large and handsome ; of great solidity ; rather 

 conical ; slightly ribbed ; yellow, colored with red stripes ; 

 juicy, and of very pleasant flavor; proves a fine fruit. 

 Scions of this fruit were received from the London Hort. 

 Soc. November. 



23. CANADIAN REINETTE. Pom.Mag.BonJard. 

 GROSSE REINETTE D'ANGLETKRRE of Duk. 



REINETTE DE CANADA. Bon Jard. 

 REINETTE GROSSE DE CANADA. Hort. Soc. Cat. 

 REINETTE DE CANADA A COTES. Ib. 



REINETTE DZ CAEN. According to Pom. Mag. PORTUGAL AP- 

 PLE. Ib. 



MELA JANUERA. Ib. REINETTE DE CANADA BLANCHE. 

 A very large and beautiful fruit ; globular, flattened, 



