266 DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF APPLES. 



RED QUAREWDBN, Devonshire Quarenden. Sack Apple. A much 

 esteemed Devonshire apple; of medium size; skin of an uniform deep 

 rich crimson, with numerous green dots intermixed ; flesh of a brisk, 

 pleasant, and peculiar flavour. A very desirable dessert apple ; from 

 August to November; tree very productive. 



SPRING GROVE CODLING. Fruit of the usual codling shape; skin pale, 

 greenish yellow, tinged with orange on the sunny side ; flesh tender ; 

 juice saccharine, a little acid, mixed with a very slight perfume ; good 

 from August to November. 



SUMMER ROSE, Harvest Apple. A very beautiful and excellent fruit, 

 of moderate size and round form ; the skin is yellow, striped and mottled 

 with red; the flesh is sweet, juicy and fine ; in July and August ; tree a 

 great bearer. 



SUMMER PIPPIN, Pie Apple. This fruit in size and shape resembles 

 the Fall Pippin ; it differs in having a little more red on the sunny side, 

 aud in arriving at maturity about a fortnight earlier. It is a very popular 

 npple in New Jersey. 



WILLIAMS'S FAVOURITE RED. This apple originated in Roxbury, 

 Mass.; it is of medium size, oblong form: the skin a bright and deep 

 red ; the flavour pleasant end agreeable. The tree is a good bearer, and 

 it* fruit commands a good price in the Boston markets ; in August and 

 September. 



AUTUMN FRUIT. 



ALEXANDER, Emperor Alexander, APORTA. Fruit very large, some- 

 what cordate, smallest at the crown; of a greenish yellow colour, striped 

 or marbled with red ; pulp tender, sweet, rich and aromatic ; ripens in 

 October, and lasts till Christmas. Though a large, hardy tree, it is a 

 medium bearer, but a magnificent fruit. 



AMERICAN NONPAREIL. A beautiful apple of medium size and ob- 

 long form ; its colour yellow, streaked and stained with red on the sunny 

 side ; flesh firm, juicy and agreeable. A very fine market apple in Oc- 

 tober and November. 



DOWELL'S PIPPIN. In size and form this apple resembles the Rib- 

 stone Pippin, but is more pointed at the head, and the eye is sunk in a 

 more confined and deeper cavity ; the skin is green, nearly covered with 

 a clear thin russet, and a slight tinge of brownish red on the sunny side> 

 an excellent dessert apple ; from October to Christmas. 



DOWNTON -PIPPIN, E'ton Golden Pippin, Knight's Golden Pippin, 

 The Downton Golden Pippin is a most abundant bearer, and the fruit 

 extremely well adapted for market; it is rather larger than the common 

 Golden Pippin; skin nearly smooth; yellow, sprinkled with numerous 

 pecks ; flesh yellowish, crisp, with a brisk, rich, sub-acid juice. Ripe in 

 October and November, and will keep good till Christmas. 



DRAP D'Oa OF FRANCE, Cloth of Gold. This apple is very large 

 and handsome; its form globular; its colour a fine yellow, with dark 



