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\our till the middle of June. It is an excellent ap- 

 ple for baking, and deserves to be more extensively 

 cultivated. Its origin is uncertain, and it is doubt- 

 ful whether this fine fruit is known out of the old 

 Plymouth colony. 



73. Tolman sweeting. I have not been able 

 to trace to its origin this justly admired apple. la 

 Dartmouth, county of Bristol, where it is best 

 known, it is held in much estimation for family 

 use during the autumn, and through the winter. 

 The fruit is above the middle size, yellow, with a 

 small bluish stripe on one side : it is juicy, and the 

 flavour pleasant. 



74. Vandevere, c. " Formerly called stalcubs. 

 A well known and most excellent eating fruit ; 

 pleasant, and sprightly acid, joined with a sweetish 

 taste, and much preferred for pies and sauces. 

 Unfortunately the trees have greatly failed of late. 

 On a rich heavy soil, they are subject to the bitter 

 rot ; on a light soil, not so much so. Mr. Riley, 

 of Marcus Hook, says, this apple originally came 

 from Wilmington, Delaware, and was cahVd after a 

 farmer who raised it." (Mease.) 



75. Vanwinkle, or granmwinkle, c. " Is a large, 

 red, and very sweet apple ; rich taste, and fine 

 flavour : ripe about the middle of October, vyhen the 

 fruit falls, and decays so rapidly that it is difficult to 

 preserve the apple till the proper time for making 

 first rate cider. These apples answer best, when 

 mixed with half their quantity of the Harrison ap- 

 ple. Cider made from this apple alone, resembles 

 unfermented metheglin, and must remain in the 

 barrel until the next summer, when it will fine. 

 The tree originated in the orchard of Thomas 

 Williams, deceased, according to Mr. Hillyes, of 

 Orange ; but Mr. John Ogden, of Newark, says, 

 he was told the first graft was taken from a tree 

 belonging to an old lady, Mrs. Van Winkle Pove- 

 shon." (Mease.) 



