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specks : iSfe7n, medium length, about half an inch, rather slen- 

 der, and deeply inserted in a round, narrowed cavity : Eye, 

 medium size, closed, and considerably sunk in an open, rather 

 broad hollow ; calyx, short : Flesh, white, slightly tinged with 

 pink, fine, and very tender: Juice, plentiful, pleasantly 

 acid and good : Core, rather large. Ripe in August, and keeps 

 two or three weeks. 



V. Fall Jennetting. 



Another variety received from the same source as the above. 

 It was brought into the vicinity of Rochester about twenty 

 years ago, from Athens, on the Hudson, but it does not ap- 

 pear to be described by any of our writers on Fruits. Mr. 

 Bissell states that the trees grow very rapidly, and bear every 

 alternate year enormously. The general appearance of the Fall 

 Jennetting, {Jig. 16,) is much like the Rhode Island Greening ; 



Fig. 16. Fall Jennetting. 



but it is more regular in its outline, broader at the base, and nar- 

 rows more to the crown. It appears to be a new and very de- 

 sirable autumn apple. 



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