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very tender, moderately juicy, of a fine, agreeable, sub-acid flavor. 

 Shoots greenish yellow, growth slow. Ripens two weeks after 

 Early Harvest. Origin, Long Island. 



Summer Pippin. (Sour Bough.) Rather large, oblong, oval, irre- 

 gular ; skin pale yellow, with greenish dots and a crimson blush ; 

 stalk variable, deep set ; basin abrupt, furrowed ; flesh white, ten- 

 der, with a pleasant sub-acid flavor. End of summer. A regular 

 handsome grower and good bearer. Westchester co., N. Y. 



Trenton Early. Size medium, roundish-oblate, ribbed ; color yel- 

 lowish, somewhat marked with green ; surface smooth, cavity 

 wide, basin furrowed ; flesh light, tender, with a pleasant sub-acid 

 flavor. Late summer. Valued at the West. 



White Juneating. Small, round, sometimes slightly oblate, smooth, 

 very regular ; pale greenish yellow, or light yellow ; very thin 

 russet round the stalk ; stalk slender, three quarters of an inch 

 long, set shallow ; basin very shallow ; tender, sub-acid, not rich, 

 becoming dry. Ripens a little before Yellow Harvest. Growth 

 upright, rather stout. Productive. For cooking only. Old 

 English sort. 



The May apple, of Virginia, is a fruit similar to or identical in cha- 

 racter and quality with the. White Juneating, where it ripens about 

 the first of summer, bearing every year. Large quantities are 

 sent to Baltimore for tarts. 



Warfield. Medium, very round, fair, with a light blush; tender, 

 pleasant acid ; may be used for cooking in July when two-thirds 

 grown. An excellent late summer market apple. Introduced by 

 S. Foster, Muscatine, Iowa. 



DIVISION II. AUTUMN APPLES. 



CLASS I. SWEET APPLES. 

 Seftion I. Striped 'with red. 



JERSEY SWEETING. Size medium ; round-ovate, often oblong-ovate, 

 somewhat conical ; thickly striped with fine red on greenish yel- 

 low ; stalk one-half to an inch long ; cavity rather irregular ; 

 basin wrinkled, distindl ; flesh whitish, very sweet, juicy and ten- 

 der, good flavor. Succeeds well in most localities. Early and 

 mid-autumn immediately follows Golden Sweet. Shoots stout, 

 short jointed ; leaves crenate-serrate. 



Richmond. Large, roundish-oblate, slightly ribbed ; splashed and 

 striped with crimson on yellow ground, with numerous dots ; stalk 

 short, cavity large ; calyx large, open ; basin large, furrowed ; flesh 

 white, tender, sweet, rich. Late autumn. Origin, Sandusky, Ohio. 



