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Rhode Island Greening. — Fruit large ; skin greenish yellow ; flesh 

 slightly acid and of fine flavor ; keeps from November till April. 



Roxhury Russett, Boston Russet, New-England Russet. — Has long 

 been known about Boston ; size medium ; fine yellow russet color j 

 flesh rich, juicy, sub-acid ; and keeps till June. 



Swaar Apple. — A celebrated winter fruit in some parts of New- 

 York ; of fine flavor ; skin greenish yellow, tinged with a blush — 

 keeps till March. 



Wine .^pple, Hay's Winter, Large Winter Red, Fine Winter. — 

 A beautiful fruit highly esteemed in the Philadelphia market — keeps 

 till February. 



Holloio-core Pippin. — A new variety, raised in Jefferson county, 

 Ohio. It resembles the yellow Newtown Pippin in its fine flavor — 

 keeps till April and May. 



Ohio Pearmain. — A new and beautiful variety in Ohio ; good size; 

 striped red and yellow ; quality excellent — keeps till May. 



Harrison and Gamfield. — Both long raised in the neighborhood of 

 Newark, New-Jersey, and Hugh's Virginia Crab^ much cultivated in 

 Pennsylvania and Ohio, are decidedly the most valuable varieties for 

 cider to be found in the country. 



In the west and other portions of our widely extended country, 

 many new varieties of choice apples are constantly coming into use. 

 The above are varieties found at most of the nurseries in the eastern 

 states. 



Peaches. 



The following varieties of peache.?, are those principally cultivated 

 by the peach-growers of New-Jersey and Delaware, for the markets 

 of Philadelphia and New-York. They furnish a succession of fruit 

 for ten or twelve weeks. 



Troths Early Red. — The finest of all early peaches — ripe in Au- 

 gust. 



Red Cheek Rareripe. — One of the best peaches cultivated in the 

 country ; size large ; flesh rich, juicy and delicious — ripe in Sep- 

 tember. 



Early York, Early Red Rareripe, Early York Rareripe. — Size me- 

 dium ; color rich red ; flesh juicy and luscious — ripe early in Au- 

 gust. 



Morris Red, Gross Mignonne. — Fruit large ; skin greenish yellow, 

 with a blush ; flesh melting and delicious — ripe in September. 



Morris White, White Rareripe, Lady Ann Stewart, — Fruit large j 

 form rather oval ; skin yellowish white ; flesh white, rich, juicy and 

 sweet — ripe in September. 



Yellotv Rareripe, Yellow and Red Rareripe, Large Yellov^ Nut- 

 meg. — Skin yellow and red ; flesh firm, rich and delicious — ripe in 

 August and September. 



Large White Rareripe. — As its name denotes, a large white fruit — 

 ripe last of September. 



Red Cheek Melacaton. — Fruit large ; form oval ; skin yellow, with 

 red cheek, flesh rich, mellow, juicy and luscious — ripe in September. 



