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n farm in Burlington county, New-Jersey, very large and 

 old." 



224. WINE APPLE. 



Hay's Winter. 



Fine Winter. 



*' An uncommonly large, fair, handsome red apple. The 

 form is round, flat at the ends. Skin a lively red, streaked 

 and spotted with a small portion of yellow. The stalk end 

 frequently of a russet colour ; both ends deeply indented. 

 The stalk is very short ; the taste rich and pleasant, an ad- 

 mired table fruit, and excellent for cooking as well as for 

 cider : it ripens in October, and keeps well through the fall 

 and winter." Coxe, No. 34. 



This apple most probably originated in New-Jersey, 

 where it is much better known than about New-York. It 

 is a very excellent keeping apple, and when perfectly ma- 

 tured, in the spring of a rich aromatic flavour. It is highly 

 esteemed in the Philadelphia market. 



225. STROAT APPLE. 



Fruit above the medium size, rather oblong, tapering a 

 little towards the blossom end. Form regular and hand- 

 some. Stem rather large, short, and inserted in a slight ca- 

 vity. Skin smooth, of a yellowish green colour. Flesh 

 yellow and tender. Juice rich and lively. In use from 

 September to December, 



The tree is said to have originated in one of the streets of 

 Albany, and was thence called by the Dutch, Stroat (signi- 

 fying street} Apple ; it is a very useful apple. 



226. SWEET AND SOUR. 



The principal merit of this apple consists in its curiosity : 

 one half of the apple is said to be sweet, the other side sour. 

 The fruit otherwise has but little to recommend it. 



To these might be added a number of sorts of Apples of 

 American origin, and many possessing considerable merit ; 

 but these twelve, with the other kinds described in the work 

 may, with the exception of the last, be considered of supe- 

 rior excellence. 



227. LADY APPLE. 

 Pomme d'Api. 



Fruit small, round, flattened at both ends. Eye closed, 

 sunk in a deep, round and even basin. Stem sunk in a deep 

 round cavity. Skin smooth and glossy, of a bright shining 

 red more than half round the fruit, the shaded part of a fine 



