THE APPLE. 



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it is an inferior apple to Gilbert, its twin-brother. Both apples are 

 apparently a cross of Black Twig (Wincsap) and Limbertvvig, and 

 are so much alike in appearance as to require an expert to distinguish 

 them." 



Fruit large, roundish conical; skin thick, tough; surface smooth, 

 yellow, washed with red, having a few indistinct stripes; dots medium, 



Paragon. 



yellow; cavity large, regular, deep, flaring, russet; stem short, 

 slender; basin medium in size and depth, abrupt, furrowed; calyx 

 small, nearly closed; segments small, converging, or slightly reflexed. 

 Core medium, conical, clasping, partially open; seeds numerous, 

 medium, plump, brown; flesh yellow, moderately fine-grained, break- 

 ing, juicy, subacid, very good. Winter. 



Patten Greening (Duchess No. 3). A seedling of Oldenburg; 

 seed grown near Portage, Wis., and planted in fall of 1869 by C. G. 

 Patten, Charles City, Iowa; tree productive, of somewhat stronger 

 growth than Oldenburg, with limbs strongly shouldered. The Min- 



