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DELIGHT. 



From R. Buchanan, Esq., Southern Ohio. Fruit, medium, roundish 

 flattened, slightly angular, yellow russet at stem, irregular russet spots, 

 vermilion red cheek in sun ; stem, very short ; cavity, deep ; calyx, large, 

 short segments; basin, round, slightly furrowed; core, compact; seeds, 



ovate angular ; flesh, yellowish, firm, mild sub-acid, almost sweet ; " very 

 good." New. December to March. 



DETROIT. 



Eed Detriot, I Jacksonia, 

 Black Detroit, | Crimson Pippin. 



Foreign. Introduced to Detroit, Michigan, by early French settlers. 

 Fruit, medium to large, roundish flattened, dark, blackish crimson, dotted 

 and marbled with fawn specks in sun ; cavity, deep : calyx, closed ; basin, 

 plaited ; core, large, hollow ; flesh, white, often stained with red to the 

 core, crisp, juicy, sub-acid. October to February. This is sometimes 

 grown as the Black Apple. 



DlLLINGHAM. 



From D. C. Richmond, Esq., Sandusky. Ohio. Native. Fruit, medium, 

 round regular, whitish yellow, dots of red in sun ; cavity, deep, russeted ; 

 calyx, closed ; basin, medium ; core, small ; seeds, plump ; flesh, white, 

 fine grained, juicy, sweet; "very good;" great bearer. October and 

 November. 



DOCTOR. 

 Eed Doctor, | De Witt 



Native of Pennsylvania. Much grown in Southern Ohio and Indiana, 

 producing abundantly of second-rate fruit. Fruit, medium to large, flat, 

 yellow striped and washed witli several shades of red and occasional spots 

 of russet ; calyx, closed ; basin, open ; cavity, deep ; core, small ; seeds, 

 oblong pyriform ; flesh, tender, juicy. October to January. 



DUCKET. 

 Southern. Fruit, medium, roundish flattened, light waxen yellow, often 



