NORTHERN SPY APPLE. 



Tree. — ^Very vigorous, upright, and veiy regular, as represented in 

 our vignette, which is from a tree three years grafted; when old, form- 

 ing a handsome head. 



Wood. — Dark reddish chestnut, rather slender, short-jointed, and 

 thickly covered with veiy prominent, round, grayish specks ; buds very 

 small, short, and flattened : Flower-buds oval. 



Leaves. — Medium size, ovate-oblong, rich glossy green, tapering reg- 

 ularly to the point, with one side of the base longer than the other ; 

 margins wavy, with very irregular, rather shai'p, and moderately deep ser- 

 ratm^es ; petioles rather short and slender. 



Flowers. — Medium size, tinged with pink. 



Fruit. — Large, about two and a half inches deep, and three and a 

 half broad : Form, roundish-conical, fiat and broad at the base, tapering 

 much towards the crown, which is small : Skin, fair, smooth, yellow on 

 the shady side, but neai'ly covered with bright glossy red and distinct 

 stripes of rich purplish crimson, extending nearly to the eye ; often hav- 

 ing a blotch of russet ai'ound the stem, marked with scattered yellow 

 specks, and partially covered with a thin white bloom : Stem, short, 

 about half an inch in length, rather slender, and very deeply inserted in 

 a large, very wide, open, cavity : Eye, small, and rather deeply sunk in 

 a medium sized, somewhat ribbed, and abruptly depressed hollow : Flesh, 

 yellowish white, fine, crisp, and veiy tender : Juice, plentiful and brisk, 

 of a rich sub-acid, possessing a pecuHai'ly dehcious aromatic flavor: 

 Core, medium size, and rather open. 



Ripe in January, and keeps perfectly sound till June. 



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