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ant taste ; but chiefly used for baking, and 



It is ripe in August, and is not long preserved. The 



tree is remarkable for its long upright stem. 



31. Holmes appk, c. Was first planted by J. Holmes, 

 esquire, of Kingston, Plymouth county. He set in 

 the ground a small sprout, without knowing its quali- 

 ties, and in the eleventh year he gathered from it 

 thirty bushels of apples. It is now much admired, 

 and extensively cultivated, in thi* vicinity. The tree 

 bears young, and every year ; the more abundantly 

 every second year. The fruit is of a middling size ; 

 the skin white, with a blush on the sun side. Ripe in 

 November ; keeps through the winter ; has a pleasant 

 flavour, and makes good cider. 



32. Holten sweeting, c. It is among the excellences 

 of this tree, that it flourishes on a thin soil, and that it 

 bears remarkably early, and very uniformly. Ripe 

 in September, and is an excellent fall apple for family 

 use, and for cider of the first quality. It is deserving 

 of general cultivation. No account of its origin has 

 been obtained. 



33. Hughes^s Virginia cra6, c. U A small fruit, of a 

 light green colour, striped with red, and of a harsh 

 unpleasant taste. Originated in Virginia ; and is high- 

 ly valued as a cider fruit, as its must is less disposed, 

 from its great acidity, to rise too high in fermentation, 

 than that of any other apple ; and it has, besides, al- 

 most every other property of a cider apple. The 

 trees bear abundantly ; the fruit ripens late, and is 

 free from rot of any kind ; the fruit is small and hard, 

 and, therefore, bears the fall from the tree without 

 bruising. It grinds small, and the pulp is remarkably 

 tough, yet parts with its juice readily ; and the must 

 runs from the press very fine and clear. 



34. Lady apple. Pomme d'Apis. This is of French 

 origin ; of a bright red colour next the sun, and yel- 

 low and green on the other side. A most beautiful 



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