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Cultivated this fruit, describes it as follows : " The 

 fruit, when fully ripe, has a yellow ground, streaked 

 with bright red; the size about middling ; the form 

 round, flat at the ends; the stalk large; the flesh 

 remarkably soft and woolly, but not dry ; the taste 

 acid, but highly flavoured; the quantity of juice 

 smaller, in proportion to the fibrous matter, than 

 in most other apples, requiring nearly one third 

 more of the hagloes for a barrel of cider, than of 

 common fruit; the juice, though uncommonly 

 sheer, is singularly rich ; and though the smell of 

 the apple is faint, the flavour of the cider is high, 

 and, when properly manufactured, is very rich. 

 The colour of the flesh is pale, but that of the 

 cider, dark ; it ripens in August and September; 

 keeps a long time without rotting; it bears abun- 

 dantly and early ; the growth of the tree is very 

 uncommon ; thick strong shoots ; buds, particularly 

 at the extremity of the branches, very large ; the 

 the colour of the wood dark ; the size of the tree is 

 small. The Hagloe is an uncommon fine cooking 

 apple ; and from its great beauty and large size, 

 added to its abundant bearing, is a valuable market 

 fruit." 



28. Harris f m apple, or long stem, c. "It is of a 

 moderate size, and of a rich dry taste, with a tart- 

 ness, that renders its sweetness agreeable and live- 

 ly. It ripens about the beginning of November: 

 keeps a long time, and answers well for culinary 

 purposes. The cider made from this apple is 

 clear, high coloured, rich, and lively. General 

 Washington was presented with a barrel of it, by 

 judge Boudinot, of Newark, New Jersey, and he 

 declared his preference of it to that made from 

 Hughes's Virginia crab. This fruit originated in 

 Essex county, New Jersey, where it is now very 

 extensively cultivated. The cider from this fruit 

 sells from eight to ten dollars per barrel. Mr. 

 Coxe observes, " as a more vinous, rich and highly- 



