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THE APPLE. 



GRAY VANDERVERE. 



"Windower, 

 Green Vandervere, 

 White Vandervere, 



Betsey's Fancy, 

 Vandervere Pippin, oft 



A great bearer, good keeper, by some preferred to the Vandervere. This 

 is the variety common in Philadelphia market, and esteemed highly for 

 cooking. Fruit, medium or slightly above, round flattened ; skin, rough, 

 uneven, mostly a dull red, with gray bloom, small specks of russet, a little 

 bronze at the stem ; stem, long ; cavity, open ; calyx, with short segments ; 

 basin, broad, open ; core, medium ; flesh, yellowish, breaking, moderately 

 juicy. December to March. 



HAWLEY. 

 Douse, | Dow's. 



Native of Columbia Co., N. Y. Much resembles Fall Pippin, but larger, 

 and ripens earlier, and is invariably affected with dry rot in all soils. Fruit, 

 large, roundish, flattened conical, yellowish green to yellow, with few 

 brown dots ; stem, slender ; cavity, wide ; calyx, small, partly closed ; basin, 

 medium, slightly plaited ; flesh, yellowish white, tender, juicy, sub-acid. 

 October, sometimes in September. 



GREEN SWEET. 

 Honey Greening. 



Tree, hardy, productive, half spreading ; shoots rather slender ; fruit valu- 

 able for cooking and for stock ; wants deep, rich, strong soil ; fruit always 

 fair. 



Fruit, medium to large ; form, roundish ; color, dull greenish white or 

 yellow, with greenish white, or sometimes pale russet dots ; stem, varying ; 

 cavity, narrow, russeted ; calyx, above medium size for the fruit, closed j 

 basin, medium, slightly furrowed ; flesh, greenish white, tender, juicy, and 



