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esteemed above all others of their fine winter varieties. It is 

 above the middle size, of a greenish-yellow color, covered with 

 russety blotches, and will keep all the winter. 



WHITE WINTER CALVILLE, Calville Blanche tfHiver, Bon- 

 net Carre. This fruit is large ; its color at maturity bright 

 yellow, tinged with red ; its form rather flat ; flesh white, ten- 

 der, and pleasant : from November till March. Tree an abun- 

 dant bearer. 



WINE APPLE, Hay* 8 Winter, Large Winter Red, Fine Win- 

 ter. A variety highly esteemed in the Philadelphia markets ; 

 the fruit is large, of bright red color, striped with yellow, the 

 stalk end russety ; its flesh is rich, aromatic, and pleasant : 

 from October to February. The tree bears young and abun- 

 dantly. 



CIDER FRUIT. 



CAMPFIELD, OR NEWARK SWEETING". This apple is next in 

 reputation, as a cider fruit, to the Harrison, and is often mixed 

 with that apple in equal proportions when ground ; it is of the 

 middle size, skin smooth, of red and yellow color ; the flesh is 

 white, firm, sweet, and rich. 



GRANNIWINKLE. Fruit of moderate size, rather oblong ; the 

 skin a dark red, somewhat rough ; flesh yellow, sweet, and 

 rich. It is commonly mixed with the Harrison for making 

 cider of a superior quality : ripe in November. 



HEWE'S VIRGINIA CRAB. From this fruit is obtained the 

 celebrated Crab Cider ; it is of small size, nearly round ; skin 

 of a dull red, streaked with greenish yellow ; the flesh is 

 fibrous and astringent ; juice acid and austere. 



HARRISON, Harrison's Newark. This fruit is much cele- 

 brated in New Jersey as a cider apple ; it is somewhat ovate, 

 below the middle size ; the skin is yellow, with black spots ; 

 flesh yellow, firm, rich, and sprightly. Ten bushels will make 

 a barrel of exquisite cider, from which may be taken fourteen 

 quarts of distilled spirits. 



