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thin, clear lemon yellow, with a coloured cheek, sometimes deli- 

 cately tinted like a blush, and in others with a brilliant red. 

 Stalk short, planted in a rather wide, deep hollow. Basin mode- 

 rately depressed, calyx closed. Flesh white, tender, sprightly, 

 with 'a pleasant sub-acid flavour. The fruit is very light. This 

 variety forms a handsome, rapid growing tree, with a fine 

 spreading head, and bears large crops. 



55. NONSUCH. Thomp. Lind. 

 Nonsuch. Ron. Forsyth, 



An old English sort, chiefly valued for the beautiful transpa- 

 rent jelly which it makes. 



Fruit of medium size, regular form, flat. Skin greenish yel- 

 low, striped and spotted with dull brick red. Calyx set in a 

 wide, regular, shallow basin. Stalk short and slender. Flesh 

 white, soft, with a plentiful sub-acid juice. A great bearer. 



56. OLD ENGLISH CODLIN. Thomp. 



English Codlin. Coxe. Lind. Ray. 



A large and fair cooking apple, in use from July to November. 

 Fruit generally above medium size, oblong or conical, and a 

 little irregular. Skin clear lemon yellow, with a faint blush 

 next the sun. Stalk stout and short. Flesh white, tender, and 

 of a rather pleasant, sub-acid flavour. Much esteemed for cook- 

 ing, ripens gradually upon the tree, and is free from liabnity to 

 rot. In New-Jersey this fine old fruit is largely cultivated for 

 market, as it produces handsome and abundant crops. The 

 leaves are large, and the trees are very vigorous and fruitful. 



57. PEACH-POND SWEET. 



This is a most excellent autumn variety, from a small village 

 of this name, in Dutchess county, N. Y., which we received 

 from Mr. J. R. Comstock, an extensive orchardist near Pough- 

 keepsie. It appears well worthy of a more general dissemination. 



Fruit of medium size, rather flat, and a little one-sided or an- 

 gular in its form. Skin striped light red. Stalk long and 

 slender. Flesh tender or very mellow, moderately juicy, with a 

 very rich,sweet,and agreeable flavour. September to November. 



58. POMME DE NEIGE. Thomp. Lind. 



Fameuse. Forsyth. 

 Sanguineus. 



A very celebrated Canada fruit, which has its name from the 



