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THE APPLE. 



A delicious little apple from Canada, that is especially adapted to 

 Northern and Southwestern sections, and only to gardens. It is a good 

 bearer, of slender growth, forming a tree of small size. 



Fruit, below medium ; form, roundish, somewhat flattened ; color, yel- 

 low, gray, or russet, with a little red towards the eye ; stem, slender ; 

 .avity, deep ; calyx, small ; basin, round flesh, yellow, tender, sprightly ; 

 ore, medium ; seeds, abundant. December to February. 



PORTER. 

 Golden Pippin of Michigan. 



American: native of Massachusetts. Tree, slender, slow growth, a 

 tegular, even bearer, requires strong soil in which there is good supply of 

 Jime and phosphates ; succeeds wherever grown one of the best at South ; 

 hardy all West. 



Fruit, medium to large ; form, oblong conical ; color, bright, clear yellow 

 when exposed to sun, a fine blush cheek ; stem, slender ; cavity, shallow ; 

 calyx, medium, closed ; basin, narrow, deep ; flesh, fine-grained, juicy, firm 

 yet tender, acid. September and October. 



POUGHKEEPSIE RUSSET. 



English Busset, | Winter Busset? 



is variety, described by Downing as the " English Russet," is prob 

 ably an American seedling, and as there are so many sorts known under 

 the general term of English Russet, we prefer to adopt the name of Pough- 

 keepsie Russet, as commemorative of the section whence it was first dis- 

 seminated. Growth, upright. Shoots, lively brown, profuse bearer, and 

 although only of medium size, its quality of keeping over year renders it 

 very profitable. There is also another called " Crow's Nest," sometimes 

 sold under this name, of which the fruit is larger, does not keep as well, 

 and the tree when grown makes a dense top. 



