300 AMERICAN HUSBANDRY. 



apple ; large, smooth, and yellowish green ; flesn 

 crisp and tender ; juice fine and sugary. Ripens in 

 October, and keeps for some weeks. 



Strawberry Apple. — Excellent ; colour red ; fine, 

 spicy flavour ; good for dessert or baking. 



Golden Pippin. — Golden yellow. Ripens in No- 

 vember, and keeps until March ; highly aromatic, 

 and an excellent apple. 



Straat. Stroat. — Introduced by Judge Buel ; flesh 

 yellow and tender; skin yellowish green ; juice rich 

 and pleasant. Ripe in September, and good until De- 

 cember. 



Prince''s Red and Green Sweeting. — Green, striped 

 with red ; very sweet ; juice rich ; flesh tender and 

 of excellent flavour. Ripe in September. A supe- 

 rior apple. 



Rambo. Seek-no-Farther. — Extensively cultiva- 

 ted ; flesh tender, and a valuable fruit. It keeps 

 longer than most autumn apples. 



In addition to those we have here named, there 

 are Knight's Golden Pippin, Autumnal Swaar, Alex- 

 ander, Golden Russet, and many others of fine fla- 

 vour, and, where room can be had, richly deserving 

 a place in the orchard. 



WINTER APPLES. 



Baldwin. — Good size ; briglit red ; flesh yellow, 

 rich and juicy ; agreeable acid flavour. Ripens in 

 November, and keeps till March. 



Spitzenberg. — Red colour with white specks ; flesh 

 yellow, slightly acid, and of fine flavour. Ripens in 

 October, and is good through the winter. 



Bell Flower. — A beautiful apple; bright yellow; 

 form oblong ; flesh tender, rich, juicy, and nigh-fla- 

 voured, and equally good for the dessert or for 

 cooking. , 



Swaar. — One of the very best winter table-apples : 

 large, green, of superior flavour and richness, and 

 should be found in every collection of fruit. Good 

 till March. 



