72 Descriptions of Three New Apples. 



Skin, fair, smooth, dull yellowish green in the shade, but 

 nearly covered with bright orange red, in numerous short 

 stripes, mottlings and splashes, and dotted with rather large 

 prominent grayish specks : Stem, short, about half an inch, 

 rather slender, and moderately inserted in a somewhat con- 

 tracted deep cavity : Eye, medium size, closed, and sunk in a 

 medium sized open basin: Flesh, yellowish white, rather 

 coarse, crisp and tender : Juice, plentiful, pleasantly acid, and 

 high flavored : Core, large and rather open. Ripe in Novem- 

 ber and keeps till January. 



II. Northern Spy. Mag. oiHort Vol. X. p. 275. 



In the latter part of May 1844, specimens of the Northern 

 Spy were exhibited at the rooms of the Massachusetts Horti- 



Fig. 11. Northern Spy Apple. 



cultural Society, from Messrs. EUwanger and Barry, of Ro- 

 chester, New York. This was its first introduction to the 

 notice of Eastern cultivators ; it proved to be a fine apple, and 

 trees were much sought after by amateurs and nurserymen. 

 From Rochester, many trees were sent to this vicinity, and the 

 variety is now pretty generally distributed. 



We are therefore happy to have the opportunity to give an 

 account of it, and an engraving from some superior specimens 



