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10. Maiderfs blush. "This is an apple oflarge size, 

 and great beauty ; exhibiting a lively contrast a yel- 

 low ground, with a bright red cheek ; whence it de- 

 rives its name, given to it by Samuel Allison, esquire, 

 late of Burlington, w^ first brought it into notice : 

 the form is flat, the skin smooth, the flesh white, ten- 

 der and sprightly ; remarkably light, and fitted for 

 drying, for which it is preferred to any apple of the 

 season ; the stalk is short, and grows in a deep hol- 

 low, as does the eye : the fruit ripens in August, and 

 continues in perfection till the end of September ; 

 and is fit both for pies and the table. The tree is un- 

 commonly handsome, as well as vigorous in Us growth ; 

 forming a fine open and spreading head : it bears a- 

 bundantly and constantly, and is a very popular ap- 

 ple in the Philadelphia market." (Coxe.) 



41. Michael Henri/. "A winter fruit ; a long green 

 apple, much admired for the table, in Monmouth coun- 

 ty, New-Jersey. It is a sweet, juicy, sprightly and 

 well flavoured apple." 



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 piplin. 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 named 

 by Samuel Coles, of Moorstown, New-Jersey ; as it 

 came from the late I. Morgan. A pleasant eating ap- 

 ple ; will keep till May. A great bearer." (Mease.) 



44. Newark king apple. "It is a very large red 

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

 pleasant taste, and is generally used as a winter 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 



