74 Descriptions of Three New Apples. 



cal, sometimes slightly ribbed and frequently will mea- 

 sure twelve inches in circumference; stalk about three 

 fourths of an inch, set in a broad deep cavity. Eye deeply 

 set in a broad deep basin. Color pale green in the shade — 

 dark red on the sunny side. Those fully exposed to the sun 

 are entirely covered with a fine deep red. Flesh yellowish 

 white, tender, juicy and high flavored, with a peculiar musky 

 perfume. The Farmer says — " This, like all popular fruits, 

 is counterfeited by the men and boys who sell fruit around the 

 streets and corners, and every apple they can find that in any 

 way resembles the Northern Spy is so called." To show you 

 how much prized amongst us, I need only say that while 

 other apples — such as " Swaars," " Spitzembergs," " Bell- 

 Flowers," " Seek-no-Further," and other choice fruit, sell for 

 one dollar per barrel, the "Spys" bring from two dollars and 

 fifty cents to three dollars per barrel. Our Farmers and Hor- 

 ticulturists have been grafting of this fruit to a great extent, 

 and in two years more it will be quite plenty and will still 

 command a high price. 



" The samples sent are taken from a barrel of a lot of sixty- 

 eight barrels, which I purchased this season, and I have been 

 particularly gratified that I have had it in my power to send 

 them abroad. 



'■ They have been admired in New York, Albany, Connecti- 

 cut, Michigan, and I presume in Europe, as some have been 

 sent there, and those I now send you I hope ^zSS. find favor in 

 the eyes of the Bostonians." 



We add our description from specimens before us : — 



S'lze^ large, about two and a half inches deep, and three and 

 a half broad : Form^ roundish conical, flat and broad at the 

 base, tapering much towards the crown, which is small : Skin, 

 fair, smooth, yellow on the shady side, but nearly covered 

 with bright glossy red and distinct stripes of rich purplish 

 crimson extending nearly to the eye : often having a blotch of 

 russet around the stem, and covered with yellow scattered 

 specks : Stem, short, about half an inch, rather slender, and 

 very deeply inserted in a large wide open cavity : Eye, small, 

 and rather deeply sunk in a medium-sized, somewhat ribbed, 

 and abruptly depressed hollow : Flesh, yellowish white, fine, 

 crisp and tender : Juice, plentiful, and brisk, of a rich subacid, 



