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French Crab. An English culinary apple, also suited for 

 dessert : highly esteemed in Australia ; principally 

 noteworthy for its excellent keeping qualities. Has 

 been known to keep 2 years under favourable conditions. 

 Tree hardy, free grower and excellent bearer. Fruit 

 medium to large, roundish. Skin dark green, strewed 

 with russety spots, and reddish on the side exposed to the 

 sun. Flesh greenish, juicy, sharp sub-acid. April and 

 later. 



Gravenstein. A German apple, in very good repute all over 

 the world. Tree very vigorous and productive, and an 

 early bearer. Fruit large, greenish yellow, at first 

 becoming bright-yellow, and beautifully streaked and 

 pencilled with red and orange. Flesh tender and crisp, 

 somewhat aromatic. Valuable for market and cooking. 

 Succeeding admirably wherever grown. One of the 

 best autumnal fruits. February March. 



Jonathan. A beautiful American dessert apple, suited to 

 most soils, shoots slender, but a vigorous upright grower, 

 and very productive. Fruit of medium size, skin yellow, 

 with lively red stripes, deepening to brilliant red next 

 the sun. Flesh white, sometimes pinkish, tender and 

 juicy, with a mild vinous flavour. April July. 



King Of Pippins. A well-known early English dessert apple, 

 highly approved of in Australia, though not generally 

 successfully grown in the United States. Skin greenish 

 yellow, mottled red and slightly russety. Flesh 

 yellowish, firm, juicy, rich vinous flavour. An excellent 

 shipper. February and March. 



King" Of Tompkins County. Large, handsome American 

 apple, popular in the export trade, increased planting 

 being recommended in Australia. Large, striped yellow 

 and red, tree vigorous and productive. Flesh yellowish, 

 rather coarse, juicy, with a decided aromatic, vinous 

 flavour. April to August. 



Lady. A most exquisite little dessert fruit, whose pretty size 

 and beautiful colour make it an universal favourite ; is 

 a great bearer and most profitable to the orchardist. 

 Should be shippt d in fancy packages like the Tangerine. 

 Fruit quite small, with a brilliant red cheek on a yellow 

 ground. Flesh white, crisp, tender, juicy, with a pleasant 

 flavour. Bears its fruit in bunches, which may be allowed 

 to hang quite late. Of the greatest antiquity, supposed 

 to have been brought to Rome by Appius Claudius. 



Lord Wolseley. A New Zealand apple of the greatest 

 excellence, suited for either dessert or cooking. Of 



