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more particular notice, the difference, both in form and color, 

 is quite apparent : there is less yellow than in the Baldwin, 

 and the skin has a smooth and more glossy surface. In form, 

 it is more oval than the Baldwin, narrowing little towards 

 each end. The flesh is more tender, and not so crisp as the 

 Baldwin. It deserves to rank among our best winter vari- 

 eties. Tree vigorous and productive. 



Size, large, about three inches broad, and two and three 

 quarters deep : Form, roundish oval, regular, slightly narrow- 

 ing towards each end : Skin, fair, smooth, shining, yellow in 

 the shade, bright red in the sun, and nearly covered with 

 stripes of brilliant crimson, with a patch of russet around the 

 stem : Stem, short, about half an inch in length, slender, ob- 

 liquely and rather deeply inserted in a narrow, contracted cav- 

 ity : Eye, medium size, partially open, and moderately sunk 

 in a round, open, smooth, and* abruptly depressed basin : 

 Flesh, yellowish, fine, soft, and very tender : Juice, plentiful, 

 rich, and high flavored: Core, medium size, rather close: 

 Seeds, medium size, dark brown. Ripe in January, and keeps 

 till April. 



Art. V. A Brief Account of Three Varieties of Apples. By 



AsAHEL FooTE, Esq., Williamstown, Mass. 



I HEREWITH send you specimens of three varieties of the 

 Apple, — known here as the Congress, the Redstreak, and the 

 Vanderspeigle. I name them in the order of their size, begin- 

 ning with the largest. 



The two former have been in cultivation here for fifty years : 

 the latter is understood to have originated, within that period, 

 on the grounds of John Yanderspeigle, Esq., in Lansingburgh, 

 New York. 



The Congress Apple (of this neighborhood,) is a common 

 and well known variety in Cayuga County, New York, and 

 is probably the apple described by Downing, as the Twenty 

 Ounce, or Cayuga Redstreak. It is in high estimation here, 

 both as a cooking and eating apple, and, in our markets, 



