150 THE APPLE. 



JERSEY PIPPIN. 



Foreign. Fruit, medium, round oblong conical, flattened, pale yellow- 

 ish green, faint stripes red ; stem, short, stout ; cavity, deep, open ; calyx, 

 rather large ; basin, shallow ; core, small ; seeds, imperfect ; flesh, green- 

 ish yellow, juicy, vinous, sub-acid ; " very good." November to February. 

 New. 



JOHNSON. 



From Brookfield, Conn. Fruit, above medium, roundish ; smooth, strip- 

 ed red on yellow, dark red in sun ; flesh, tender, crisp, juicy j very fine. 

 August, September. 



JOHN'S SWEET. 



Origin. Lyndsboro, New Hampshire. A good grower, somewhat straggling ; 

 a prolific bearer. 



Fruit, medium, oblong or conic ; skin, whitish yellow, sprinkled, striped, 

 and splashed with red j stem, short, inserted in a narrow cavity, surrounded 

 by russet ; calyx, closed, set in an abrupt basin ; flesh, juicy, tender, with 

 a sweet peculiar flavor. January to May. (Downing.) 



JUNALIESKA. 



Raised in Cherokee Co., North Carolina, by J. Whittaker. Fruit, large 

 globular, inclining to conic ; skin, fine yellow color, speckled with dark 

 brown russet ; stem, short and fleshy } cavity, narrow ; basin, very small \ 

 flesh, yellow, with a sprightly sub-acid flavor. November to March. (J. 

 Van Beuren.) (Downing.) 



KEIM. 



Fruit, below medium, roundish conical, pale waxen yellow ; stem, long, 

 slender ] cavity, medium ; calyx, small, closed ; basin, shallow, plaited ; 

 core, medium j flesh, white, tender, mild, pleasant ; " very good." January 

 to March. 



REISER. 



Bed Seek-no-farther. 



An old variety much grown in Jefferson Co., Ohio, and highly prized, 

 growth of tree like Rambo. 



Fruit, medium, roundish oblate, slightly oblique, angular ; skin, pale 

 yellow, shaded with red, indistinctly striped and thickly sprinkled with 

 large grayish dots ; stalk, short, inserted in a large cavity ; calyx, small, 

 closed in a broad, shallow, corrugated basin; flesh, yellowish, not very 

 juicy, but mild sub-acid. November to February. 



There is another Red Seek-no-further, grown near Lebanon, Pa., distinct, 

 and a universal favorite there. December to April. 



KELSEY. 



Origin, Berks County, Pa., on the premises of John Kelsey. Size, me- 

 dium, roundish oblate, sometimes inclining to conical ; skin, greenish yel- 

 low, with occasionally a faint blush and numerous gray dots stem, short, 

 inserted in a deep, moderately open cavity ; calyx, closed, set in a very 

 shallow, plaited basin ; flesh, tender, fine texture, greenish white ; flavor, 

 mild, and exceedingly pleasant, fragrant aroma ; quality, very good. March. 

 (W. D. Brinckle.) 



