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Calkins' Pippin. — Large ; regular ; greenish yellow streaked 

 with red through which dots of green show ; pleasant acid. 



Chebucto Beauty. — Very large and very handsome ; conical ; 

 whitish yellow with bright red stripes. Not of fine flavor for 

 dessert but good for cooking. It was received from a nursery in 

 the United States, and, the name being lost, it received that above 

 given, but was not recognized here. It strongly resembles the 

 Alexander, but is larger. 



Chenango Straivberry. — Very long, conical ; pale yellow streaked 

 with light red. 



Colvert. — Medium size ; flattened, conical ; greenish yellow 

 striped with dull red ; flesh firm, subacid. 



Cooper's Market. — Large ; long, conical ; white with faint 

 streaks and dots of red. 



Cornish GiUiflower. — This one of the favorite English dessert 

 apples. The specimens were of rich color and flavor. 



Flat Pijrpin. — Looks like Rhode Island Greening, but more 

 ribbed and finer grained. 



Franklin's Golden Pippin. — Larger than the Golden Pippin ; ex- 

 tremely sharp acid. 



Golden Pippin. — This little apple is perhaps the most celebrated 

 of all the old English dessert varieties ; small ; round ; traced with 

 russet, very rich. 



Gravenstein. — Besides good specimens of this variety, of the 

 ordinary type, the collection comprised the most remarkable sport 

 we have ever seen ; of a bright crimson color ; in flavor similar to 

 that usually found in this variety, though not precisely like it, 

 approaching that of the Red Astrachan. 



Grimes' Golden Pippin. — Medium size ; long ; yellow ; good 

 quality. 



Morton's Red. — Medium size ; very handsome, being entirely 

 covered with brilliant red ; pleasant acid, quality fair. 



Munson Sweet. — Medium size ; flattened, somewhat angular ; 

 yellow, sometimes with a warm red cheek ; good. 



Nonpareil. — Resembles Roxbury Russet, but larger and more 

 ribbed ; a late keeper. An old English variety and one of the 

 most esteemed. 



Paradise Pippin. — Medium size ; very long, slightly conical ; 

 pale yellow, the sunny side nearly covered with red and dotted 

 with buff; fine flavored, and one of the best, if not the best, of the 



