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sprightly, very good. A late keeper. Tree a free grower and 

 productive. Coming to be one of the most profitable market 

 varieties in the East. Massachusetts. 



Wagener.* Medium, oblate, distinctly ribbed ; shaded and indis- 

 tinctly striped with pale red, and a full, deep red in the sun on 

 warm yellow ground ; often streaked with russet ; stalk three- 

 fourths of an inch long; cavity wide, rather obtuse; basin even, 

 rather large ; flesh yellowish, nne-grained, tender, compact, mild 

 sub-acid, aromatic, excellent. Ripens through winter. From 

 Perm Van, N. Y. Fig. 444. Succeeds well at tne West. An early 

 bearer. 



Wellford's Yellow. Rather, small, roundish oblate ; faintly streaked 

 with red on pale yellow ; flesh yellow, fine-grained, juicy, with a 

 rich, aromatic flavor. Rapid grower, great bearer, and long 

 keeper. Cultivated in Maryland and Virginia. 



Westfield Seek-no-Further.* (Connecticut Seek-no-further, New 

 England Seek-no-further.) Medium or large, roundish, often 

 slightly conical; obscurely striped with light dull red, more or less 

 russeted, rarely covered wholly with russet; stalk slender; cal>x 

 partly open ; flesh tender, rich, spicy, of fine flavor. Early and 

 mid-winter. Tree productive, fruit always fair. Connecticut. 

 Fig. 443. Succeeds well throughout the Northern States. 



Pio. 445. Scott's Winter. PlO. 44 6. -Windsor. PlO. 447. -Wolf River. 



Willow Twig.* Large, roundish, slightly conical, obtuse, very 

 regular ; greenish yellow, striped and mottled faintly with dull red ; 

 stalk short ; basin very wide and deep, rim obtuse ; flavor sub-acid, 

 or rather acid, not rich. A long keeper. Shoots slender. Culti- 

 vated as a market apple in Southern Ohio. Fig. 447. 



Windsor. (Windsor Chief.) Small, oblate ; greenish yellow suf- 

 fused with red splashes, gray dots ; flesh pale yellow, fine-grained 

 juicy, sub-acid, good. Tree early bearer and prolific. Winter. 

 Wisconsin. Fig. 446. 



Wine. (Hays' Apple, Hays Winter.) Rather large, often quite 

 large, roundish, slightly flattened ; obscurely striped and mottled 



