Descriptions of Six Varieties of Ajyples. 25 



of the confusion in which their names are now involved. A 

 further detection of synonymes, in the case of some of them, 

 and even of the true names which must take precedence of 

 all others, is doubtless to be expected. In the mean time, in- 

 asmuch as their propagation under some or all of their appel- 

 latives will be continued and extended, it is well that all 

 which has been ascertained concerning them should be given 

 to the public. 



1. Keiser. 



Seek-No-Further, i 



Red Seek-No-Further, I of Western collections. 



This is a very beautiful apple, common in northern and 

 central Ohio. The size is medium, some specimens approach- 

 ing to large : the form regular, flattened, ribbed : color, bright 

 red, marbled and striped with darker red : skin, thin and 



Fig. 1 . Keiser Apple. 



glossy : calyx, open in a ribbed basin : stem, short, a little 

 fleshy, in a narrow russeted cavity : flesh, white, very juicy, 

 saccharine, spicy, and high-flavored, even excelling the green 

 Newtown Pippin, which it much resembles in this respect ; 



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