l(F WINTER APPLtS. 



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2. BUCK MEADOW APPLE, 



Pig. n. 



Fruit of tlie full medium size, rather 

 eccentric or sub-circular ; sides 

 (ipproacliing to parallrlism, ba- 

 sal margin wide and rounded, 

 crown, su^equaling the base, 

 with one side extended. Color 

 red or carmine, in stripes. Stem 

 short below the base. Calyx 

 large ; depression shallow. 

 Received from Mr. D. S. Brown- 

 ing, and is supposed to have origi- 

 nated in Norwalk, Connecticut. It 

 is a good second rate apple. New. 



3. PENNOCK. Plate 46. 

 Fruit above the medium size ; unsym metrical ; circularity broken by large ridges. Color 

 dull crimson, or brown crimson ; dark crimson, variegated with patches of green and 

 russet about the base, which imparts a dirty or faded appearance : dotted grey. Stem 

 short, slender. Depression deep, narrow. Abrupt margin, rounded. Calyx small ; 

 depression shallow ; tube to the core closed. Core small. Flesh greenish yellow, rather 

 coarse. Flavor defective, scarcely subacid. Some of the dots upon the skin spread into 

 moderately sized patches. 

 This apple in Ohio, is a good market apple, although it ranks only as second rate. 



B. Ends unequal. 



4. BAILEY'S SWEET. 



Patterson Stceet. Edgerly Sweet. 



Large, regular ovate, slightly ribbed. Color red, spread over the whole surface, nearly, 

 in small, broken, indistinct stripgs and dots, on a bright ground. Stem slender, long; 

 depression narrow, slightly ribbed ; basin small plaited. Flesh tender, pure, mild, 

 rich, sweet, fine. Early winter. 

 Originated in Perry, Wyoming county, N. Y. 



