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sprightly, and pleasant: ripens in November, and continues till 

 April. It is a very saleable fruit on account of its great beauty. 



LADIES' SWEETING, Winter -Sweeting. This apple is above 

 medium size ; conical ; skin yellow, streaked and mottled with 

 red ; flesh juicy, sweet, and high flavored : from November to 

 May. 



LEMON PIPPIN. An old and much esteemed dessert apple ; 

 of medium size and oval shape, much like a lemon both in form 

 and color, having a firm texture, brisk flavor, and plenty of acid : 

 from October to March. Tree handsome and a great bearer. 



MAIDEN'S BLUSH, Hawthornden. Fruit large, roundish ; skin 

 pale greenish-yellow, tinged with blush ; the pulp is white, 

 tender, juicy, and acid ; and the fruit is good for the table as 

 well as for all kitchen purposes : in September and October. 

 The tree is hardy and prolific. 



MALCARLE, Charles Apple, Mela Carla, Pomme Finale. A 

 far-famed fruit. In the climate -of Italy, this is supposed to be 

 the best apple in the world. It is cultivated extensively in the 

 territories of Genoa, as an article of export and commerce to 

 Nice, Barcelona, Cadiz, and Marseilles. The fruit is rather 

 large, its form inclining to globular. Its beautiful waxen skin is 

 a little marbled with a very faint green near the eye ; its color 

 in the shade is a pale yellow, tinged with flaming crimson 

 next the sun ; the flesh is white, tender, delicate, sweet, with 

 the fragrant perfume of roses. It ripens in September, and will 

 keep till spring. 



MENAGERE. Mr. Manning pronounced this to be the largest 

 apple he had seen ; the form is flat, like a large English turnip ; 

 the skin of a light yellow ; the flesh pleasant, but more adapted 

 to the kitchen than the dessert : from October to February. It 

 bears well trained as a dwarf. 



MINISTER. A native apple of large size, and oblong shape ; 

 the skin a light greenish-yellow, striped with bright red ; flesh 

 yellow, light, high-flavored, and excellent. Mr. Manning consider- 

 ed this as one of the finest fruits that New England ever pro- 

 duced. It ripens in November, and will keep till after Christmas. 



