350 SELECT VARIETIES OF FRUITS. 



ful and popular in Michigan, where it is frequently called 

 " Steele's Red Winter." 



Red Winter Pearmain (BATCHELOR, etc.). Origin un- 

 known. Medium size, roundish oblong ; yellowish white, 

 mostly covered with maroon red; flesh whitish yellow, 

 tender, juicy, mild sub-acid. Early to late Winter. Tree 

 a moderate, upright grower, and good bearer. This 

 variety has a dozen or more synonyms, under some one of 

 which it is widely grown West and South. 



Rhode Island Greening. Large, roundish; greenish 

 yellow ; flesh yellow, tender, juicy, aromatic acid. Early 

 Winter. Tree a vigorous, strong grower, and very pro- 

 ductive. This variety is too well known to need a word. 

 It is one of the most profitable and valuable in almost all 

 the North, but South it drops its fruit too early. 



Ribston Pippin. Origin England. Medium, roundish ; 

 greenish yellow, and dull red ; flesh yellow, firm, crisp, 

 rich, aromatic. Early to late Winter. Tree moderately 

 vigorous, spreading, productive; valued in Maine and all 

 Northern sections. 



Roxbury Russet* Origin Massachusetts. Medium to 

 large, roundish, flattened ; dull green, covered with 

 brownish yellow russet ; flesh greenish white, moderately 

 juicy, sub-acid. Late Winter. Tree moderately vigor- 

 ous, productive; an old, well-known, popular sort, suc- 

 cessful in all New England and large portions of the 

 Middle and Western States. 



Shockley. Origin Georgia. Below medium size, 

 roundish, conical ; yellow, mostly covered with red ; flesh 

 crisp, juicy, rich, pleasant. Late Winter. Tree moder- 

 ately vigorous, upright, hardy, and very productive ; very 

 popular and profitable at the South. 



Smith's Cider. Origin Pennsylvania. Medium to 

 large, roundish ; yellow, shaded with red ; flesh whitish, 

 crisp, tender, juicy, pleasant, mild sub-acid. Early to late 



