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42. Monstrous pippin^ or American gloria mundi. 

 " It originated on the farm of Mr. Crooks, near Red 

 Hook, in New York. It is of a yellow colour, when 

 ripe, and resembles in flavour the fall pippin, or pip- 

 lin. It will keep from November till March. The 

 fruit of the original tree weighed twenty-seven 

 ounces." (Mease.) 



43. Morgan apple. " Ripe in October* So nam- 

 ed by Samuel Coles, of Moorstown, New Jersey ; 

 as it came from the late I. Morgan. A pleasant 

 eating apple ; will keep till May. A great bearer." 

 (Mease.) 



44. Newark king apple. " Is a very large red 

 fruit ; ripens in October, and, when mellow, has a 

 very pleasant taste, and is generally used as a win- 

 ter apple about Newark, New Jersey, though it 

 does not keep so well as some others." 



45. Nonsuch. This is a fine red apple, having 

 an agreeable flavour; will keep sound till late in 

 the spring, and is much esteemed in Massachusetts, 

 for its good properties. 



46. Nursery apple. " Is the size of the Harrison 

 apple. When first ripe it is of a greenish colour, 

 but in the latter part of the winter, it turns yellow. 

 It is frequently kept until June and July, and has 

 been kept sound until September. It originated in 

 a nursery of Jos. Baldwin, at Cranetown, New Jer- 

 sey." (Mease.) 



47. Pearmain, c. The winter pearmain is among 

 the first cultivated apples by the fathers of the old 

 Plymouth colony, and is, undoubtedly, of English 

 descent. Many trees of this kind are now suppos- 

 ed to be more than one hundred years old, and 

 grafted trees from them produce the genuine fruit 

 in great perfection. The tree is tall and upright, 

 forming a handsome regular top: it is hardy, and 

 will flourish in a light soil. It is not an early bear- 

 er, but when attained to about twelve years, from 

 having been grafted, it produces more abundantly 



