60 ' WESTERN FRUIT BOOK. 



States. "A very good little apple in this region. A 

 great bearer, and a good keej^er, but not to be compared 

 with White Winter Pearmain, with which it has been so 

 long confounded, it being decidedly sweet. There is, also, 

 a difference in the shape. The tree grows differently, 

 being very upright; and the fruit does not keep as well; 

 the seeds, also, differ." — T. V. Peiticolas. 



Mifflin King. Color, red; form, oblong; size, 3; use, 

 table; quality, 1; season, early in Fall. 



Eemarks. — Considered better than the Rambo in Penn- 

 sylvania. Very tender, juicy, " first rate." 



MILAM, or Blair. Color, green and red ; form, round ; 

 size, 2, sometimes nearly 3 (tree being full) ; use, table and 

 kitchen ; quality, 2 to 1 ; season, November to February. 



Eemarks. — A great bearer. Much grown in Illinois, 

 Ohio and Kentucky, near Cincinnati. Early productive. 

 " Blair, of Chillicothe. Hardy, productive, AYinter." — 

 Trans. Ohio Pom. Sociefi/. Exhibited constantly at the 

 Cincinnati Horticultural Society Rooms. Report of Fruit 

 Committee, " Extensively known throughout the West. 

 In many places it has been propagated by root suckers, 

 by the early settlers. This fruit, though only of second- 

 rate flavor, has so many good qualities, that we desire to 

 present it to the Society. It is a profuse and regular 

 bearer, though of rather small size. It is juicy (unless 

 very late), and tender ; may be eaten in the Fall and Win- 

 ter, and is not difficult to keep until Spring. The country 

 people frequently preserve them in open rail pens, lined 

 and covered with straw. On the contrary, though of a 

 delicate texture, it is deficient in flavor, resembling in its 

 character that of the Westfield Seek-no-further, to which 

 fruit it has many relations. We can not rank it higher 

 than second-rate, but it comes up a little beyond this." 



