58 FRUIT-GARDENING. 



DANVERS WINTER SWEET, Epses Sweet, Danvers Sweeting. 

 This variety originated at Danvers, near Salem, Massachusetts ; 

 fruit of medium size ; a little oblong ; skin yellow, slightly 

 tinged with red ; its flesh sweet and excellent cooked, or as a 

 dessert : from November to April. The tree is a great bearer, 

 and of rapid growth. 



DOMINE, Domini. A first-rate winter apple, of medium size 

 and greenish yellow color, clouded with brown blotches; the 

 flesh is juicy, tender, and excellent. Tree a great bearer. 



GOLDEN BALL, Golden Apple. A beautiful and superior 

 fruit from the State of Maine ; of large size and golden yellow 

 color ; flesh firm ; juice very rich, sweet, aromatic, with a good 

 proportion of acid. It will keep good from November to April. 



GOLDEN HARVEY, Brandy Apple. A dessert apple, not 

 larger than the Golden Pippin ; color light yellow, with a flush 

 of red, and embroidered with a roughish russet. It is called 

 Brandy Apple from the superior specific strength of its juice, 

 being 10.85; it is of remarkably close texture, very rich in 

 flavor, and will keep till April or May. 



GREEN SWEET, Green Sweeting, Green Winter Sweet. This 

 apple is much cultivated in Massachusetts. It is of medium 

 size ; the skin dull green, approaching to yellow ; the flesh very 

 sweet and delicious. It possesses the valuable property of 

 retaining its soundness till May or June. 



HUBBARDSTON NONESUCH. A large Apple of globular form ; 

 red and yellow color, streaked and blotched; the flesh is juicy 

 and of excellent flavor ; from December to March. The tree 

 is of vigorous growth, a great bearer, and worthy of extensive 

 cultivation. 



JONATHAN. King Philip, New Spitzeriberg, Philip Riclc. 

 A winter fruit very generally admired in the State of New York. 

 It is of medium size ; the skin of pale yellow and bright red 

 color, occasionally tinged with purple ; flesh tender, juice abun- 

 dant, and highly flavored. This fruit will keep till May. 



LADY APPLE, Pomme d'Api. Fruit small, flat ; of pale 

 yellow color, tinged with a deep red on the side ; flesh crisp, 



