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THE APPLE CULTURIST. 



PECK'S PLEASANT. 



Synonym. Waltz Apple. The fruit is rather above medium size, roundish, a 

 little ribbed, and in most instances slightly flattened, with an indistinct furrow on 

 one side. The skin is smooth, and green when first gathered, often covered with 

 a little dark red. When fully ripe, the fruit is covered with a beautiful clear yel- 

 low, having a bright blush on the sunny side near the stem, where the surface is 

 marked with gray dots. The flesh is yellowish and fine-grained, juicy, crisp, and 

 tender, with a delicious, highly aromatic, sprightly sub-acid taste ; quality, good 

 to best; season, November to March. This apple passes for an excellent apple 

 both for market and for culinary purposes. 



were the main roots ; and as soon as these new roots 

 had attained a suitable size the trees began to flourish lux- 

 uriantly. 



The mice gnawed one of our apple-trees, more than two- 

 thirds of the distance around it, for two feet above the sur- 



