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THE APPLE. 



CAROLINA WINTER QUEEN. 

 Ladies Sweet, erroneously, \ Nix's Green. 



American. We have seen but little of this apple, but are impressed 

 with the idea that it is destined to be a valuable and popular variety 

 South, far superior to Northern Spy. Fruit, above medium, roundish 

 conical ; greenish yellow, streaked and stained with red from the stem, a 

 little russet at stem, and few small faint dots ; calyx, open, segments, re- 

 flexed ; basin, round, medium ; - stem, slender ; cavity, deep ; core, medium ; 

 seeds, abundant; flesh, yellowish, sprightly, crisp, juicy; "best." No- 

 vember and January. 



CHALLENGE. 



American. Origin, near Sandusky, Ohio. Tree, productive, hardy. 

 Size, large ; form, roundish flattened ; color, rich yellow, with many rus- 

 set dots, and occasionally a russet patch ; when fully exposed to sun, the 

 russet spots become vermillion red ; stem, projecting even with surround- 

 ing surface ; cavity, deep, regular ; calyx, with long irregular segments ; 

 basin, broad, open, medium depth, always furrowed ; flesh, yellowish white, 

 crisp, juicy, sweet, tender; core, medium; seeds, large, plump. October 

 and November. * 



COGSWELL. 



Cogswell's Peannain, 



Ohio Nonpareil, incorrectly of some. 



American. Native of Connecticut. It has been grown in Mass, and 

 Ohio, and thus far, where the variety has been fruited, it has proved every- 

 thing that can be required to class it as a first-rate fruit worthy of general 

 cultivation. The tree is a good bearer, producing always fair and even 

 fruit. Tree, moderately vigorous, making rather long annual shoots, of a 

 dark, reddish brown color. The fruit is above medium size, roundish 

 flattened j often angular ; and also often, on the same tree, somewhat round- 



