1849. 



THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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DESCRIPTION OF TWO FINE NEW NATIVE APPLES OF WESTERN NEW YORK 



Wk take pleasure in pre- 

 senting QUI readers two new 

 Apples of the highest excel- 

 lence. We been acquain- 

 ted with the Bailey Sweet 

 fol two years, and do not 

 hesitate in Baying that it is 

 the finest looking and richest 

 sweet apple of it- season. 

 Mackik's Clyde Beauty 

 possesses all the good qual- 

 ities of a lirst rate Desert 

 Apple. It comes in at a 

 season when good apples 

 are very scarce, and hence 

 it is particularly valuable. 

 Both of these apples com- 

 bine beauty and good quality. 



Bailey Sweet — Pater- 

 son Sweet. — This is a splen- 

 did Sweet apple, received 

 from E. A. McKay, of Na- 

 ples, Ontario Co., who called 

 it the Paterson Sweet, and 

 ie said by him to have been 

 introduced from the east by 

 Peter Paterson, of York, 

 Livingston Co. Since then 

 we have been informed from 

 good authority that it origi- 

 nated with Calvin P. Bai- 

 ley, Esq., of Perry, Wyoming Co., N. Y., and hence 

 its name. Size very large, roundish oblong, slightly 

 ribbed. Stalk about half an inch long, slender and 

 in a deep cavity. Calyx closed and nearly covered 

 with folds of the flesh that grows in around it irregu- 

 larly, giving a peculiar appearance here. Skin 

 smooth and fair, ground color pale yellow sometimes 

 striped and mottled with bright red and stripes of 



Mackie's Clyde Beauty. 



Bailey Sweet. 

 darker, and some specimens entirely covered, except 

 at the stem and eye, with bright red and clouded 

 with small gray specks. Flesh yellow, fine grained 

 and tender, with a rich saccharine flavor unequalled 

 in so large a fruit. In form, color, size, &c, this 

 fruit is admirable, and distinct from any we know. 

 November and December. We kept some specimens 

 until April last year. 



Mackie's Clyde Beauty. — 

 A beautiful seedling Apple, from 

 Mathew Mackie, of Clyde, N. Y. 

 It originated in a seedling orchard 

 of his father. The tree has been 

 in bearing 12 years, and is a fine 

 grower and bearer, size large, 2 \ 

 to 3 inches in diameter; form in- 

 clining to conical, broadest at the 

 base, and tapering to the crown; 

 slightly ribbed. Skin smooth and 

 glossy — ground color of a pale 

 greenish yellow, crimson in the 

 sun, striped and mottled with light 

 red in the shade. Stalk quite short 

 and slender, in a deep and broad 

 cavity. Calyx moderately deep, 

 closed in a lurowed basin. Flesh 

 white, fine grained, juicy and ten- 

 der, with a splendid sub-acid flavor. 

 In use October, November and 

 December. This apple is far bet- 

 ter than the Autumn Strawberry 

 and keeps later. Indeed, taking 

 size, beauty and quality into the 

 account, it must soon take its 

 appropriate rank among the very 

 best. 



