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CLASS II. Embraces varieties, of which many are new and un- 

 tested, and others suited only to large orchards or certain localities. 



ABBOTT. 

 Abbott's Sweet. 



American. Fruit, medium, roundish, slightly conical, dull green, tinged, 

 striped and blotched with red ; flesh, tender, juicy, wants flavor. Decem- 

 ber to March. (Hov. Mag.) 



ADAMS. 

 Noll's No. 1. 



A Pennsylvanian seedling of White Deer Township, Union County. 

 Large ; roundish oblate ; faintly mottled and striped with red on a greenish 

 yellow ground ; stem, half an inch long ; cavity, broad, acute ; calyx, 

 rather large ; segments closed ; basin, wide, moderately deep, plaited : flesh, 

 greenish white, of fine texture, rather juicy ; "very good." (W. D. B.) 



ADAM'S PEARMAIN. 



Foreign. Fruit, medium, conical, pale greenish yellow, with gray rus 

 set; stem, slender; flesh, yellowish, crisp, aromatic. Early Winter. 

 (Lindley.) 



AGNES. 



American. Fruit, below medium, roundish flattened ; stem, short , 

 cavity, deep ; calyx, closed ; basin, medium ; color, yellowish, striped and 

 shaded with red; brown dots: flesh, white, spicy, sub-acid; "good." 

 August to September. 



AILES. 



From Chester County, Pa. Tree, upright, free grower, profuse bearer. 

 Fruit large, nearly glob uiar ; stem, in a narrow cavity ; basin, round, 

 medium ; yellowish, shaded and striped with red ; flesh, yellow, firm, rich 

 vinous ; " verv good ;" core, small. December to May. For baking and 

 stewing. 



ALBEMARLE PIPPIN. 



Fruit, meamm or large, round, yellow, with brown specks ; flesh, pale 

 yellow, sub-acid. Grown in Virginia ; keeps well. (Thomas.) 



ALEXANDER. 

 Emperor Alexander. 



Foreign. Fruit, large, conical, flattened at base, red streaked on green- 

 ish yellow ; stem, small ; cavity, deep ; calyx, large ; basin deep ; flesh, 

 coarse, crisp ; showy ; poor bearer. October. 



ALLEN'S CHOICE. 



From Brownsville, Pa. Fruit, medium ; roundish flattened ; red, shaded 

 and striped, often a dark cheek sprinkled with small white dots ; stem, 

 short : cavity, open, deep ; calyx, closed ; basin, shallow, slightly ribbed ; 

 flesh, white, coarse, aromatic ; " good. 7 ' January. 



ALLUM. 



Hallum, | Rockingham Red. 



Much grown in northern N. Carolina, valuable chiefly for its keeping 

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