336 SELECT VARIETIES OF FRUITS. 



a celebrated cider apple in New Jersey, and is valued for 

 baking and stock feeding. 



Carter's Blue, Origin Alabama. Large, roundish, 

 flattened ; greenish, mostly covered with dull red and a 

 blue bloom; flesh yellowish white, sugary, rich, aromatic. 

 Early Autumn. Tree a fine upright grower and an 

 early bearer ; popular in some parts of the South. 



ChenangO Strawberry (SHERWOOD'S FAVORITE, etc.). 

 Origin N"ew York. Medium, oblong, conic ; shaded, 

 splashed, and mottled with crimson red and white ; flesh 

 white, tender, juicy, mild sub-acid. Early Autumn. Tree 

 vigorous, spreading ; wherever grown this is highly es- 

 teemed ns a table fruit of fair quality and great beauty. 



Cornell's Fancy, Origin Pennsylvania, Medium, ob- 

 long, conical ; yellow, shaded with crimson red ; flesh white, 

 tender, crisp, juicy, pleasant sub-acid. Tree vigorous and 

 productive. 



Duchess Of Olden burgh, Origin Russian. Medium to 

 large, roundish ; streaked and shaded red on yellow ; flesh 

 white, juicy, sprightly, sharp sub-acid. Early Autumn. 

 Tree vigorous, upright, spreading, an early and abundant 

 bearer, and very hardy. This variety is probably more 

 generally cultivated West and North-west than any other. 

 Everywhere it succeeds and proves profitable as an orch- 

 ard variety. 



Dyer (POMME ROYALE, GOLDEN SPICE, etc.). Origin 

 foreign. Medium size, roundish ; greenish yellow, with 

 blush in sun; flesh white, very tender, juicy, sprightly 

 aromatic, mild sub-acid. Mid-Autumn. Tree a moderate 

 grower, productive ; this is one of the best of dessert 

 apples, but too tender and not showy enough for shipment 

 to distant markets. 



Fall Pippin. Supposed American. Large to very 

 large, roundish, flattened at ends ; yellowish ; flesh white, 

 tender, rich, aromatic, sub-acid. Middle to late Autumn. 



