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MORRISON'S RED APPLE. 



At our particular request, Mr. Morrison furnished 

 us, last fall, with two specimens of his incomparable 

 Red Apple, from which we have had made the ac- 

 companying engraving. But no engraving can do 

 the fruit justice — it cannot show the bright, deep 

 red, nor the exquisite blending of colors in the 

 shade, nor the minute russet spots, mere pin dots, 

 which cover it in the sun. It is, indeed, a great ac- 

 cession to our list of first rate apples. We have 

 eaten it now three years, and can speak with confi- 

 dence. Mr. Morrison deserves the thanks of the 

 community for bringing it into notice. He says : j 



Friend Brown : — As I have sold most of ray ' 

 Reds, I tliought I would give you a little further! 

 history respecting them. I have sold four bushels! 

 to one man in Boston, for nine dollars. I havej 

 a few on hand, in order to test their quahtv for 

 keeping. _ Dr. Plympton, of Cambridge, who gave 

 me the scions, says he was informed by the owner 



j of the tree, that the apple would keep into sum- 

 mer. My impression is that they will keep as well, 

 'or better than the Baldwin. The windfalls were 

 considered, by good judges who ate of them last 

 October, to be a first rate apple. This has been 

 the general opinion of all who have seen and tasted 

 [the ajiple, to the present time, except Mr. Down- 

 ing, of New York. He says the New York Pippin, 

 'and some others, are better. From what knowl- 

 [edge I have of them, I think there is no winter ap- 

 iple in the vicinity, that will command a higher 

 I price. I shall not, however, as fruit growers have 

 been so mucii im])osed upon, recommend the aj)- 

 ple to be extensively cultivated, until I have fur- 

 ther tested their quahties. Your candid judgment, 

 sir, is solicited respecting the fruit, as you know the 

 quality as well, or better than I do. 



The original tree, supposed to be a seedling, 

 stands on the Fisher farm, in Medfield. The trees 

 are good growers, and very productive. I calculate 

 to use all the scions I can get this season, and re- 



