WINTER APPLES > 117 



115. MACLEAN'S FAVOURITE. Thomp. 



This is a new variety, lately received from England, which 

 has not yet borne fruit. Mr. Thompson describes it as follows : 

 " Middle size, roundish, yellow, crisp, rich, with the flavour of 

 the Newtown pippin. November to February. Tree mode- 

 rately vigorous, a good bearer, of the highest excellence." 



116. MOUSE APPLE. 

 Moose Apple. 



This is an excellent, native fruit, which originated in Ulster 

 ounty, on the west bank of the Hudson. It is there, one of the 

 most popular winter fruits, being considered, by some, superiour 

 to the Rhode Island Greening, and it deserves extensive trial 

 elsewhere. 



Fruit in weight, light ; in size, large, roundish-oblong, or 

 slightly conical. Skin, when first gathered, dull green, but 

 when ripe, it becomes pale greenish yellow, with a brownish 

 blush on one side, and a few scattered, russety gray dots. Stalk 

 three fourths of an inch long, rather slender, not deeply inserted. 

 Calyx closed, and set in a narrow basin, slightly plaited at the 

 bottom. Flesh very white and fine grained, and moderately 

 juicy, with a sprightly, delicate, and faintly perfumed flavour. 



117. MARGIL. Thomp. Lind. Ron. 



Neverfail. 

 Munche's Pippin. 



A well flavoured, old English dessert apple, but rather a slow 

 grower. It is of too small size to be popular here, without 

 greater beauty of appearance. Fruit small, a little angular, 

 ovate, about an inch and a half in diameter. Skin orange in 

 the sun, dull yellow in the shade, streaked and mottled with red. 

 Calyx set in a small irregular basin. Stalk short. Flesh yel- 

 low, firm, with a high flavoured, aromatic juice. November to 

 January. 



118. MENAGERE. Thomp. Man. 



We received this fruit from Mr. Manning, who, we believe, 

 had it from Germany. It is an immense, flat, turnip-shaped 

 apple, but, so far as we have yet tested it, with but little flavour, 

 and only fit for cooking. Fruit very large, regularly formed, 

 but very much flattened. Stalk short. Skin pale yellow, with 

 sometimes a little red in the sun. Flesh tolerably juicy. Sep- 

 tember to January. 



