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THE APPLE. 



Carolina Winter Queen. 



Ladies Sweet, erroneously, \ Nix's Green. 



American. We have seen but little of this apple, but. are impressed 

 with the idea that it is destined to be a valuable and popular variety 

 South, far superior to Northern Spy. Fruity above medium, roundish 

 conical : greenish yellow, streaked and stained with red from the stem, a 

 little russet at stem, and few small faint dots ; calyx ^ open, segments, re- 

 flexed ; hasin^ round, medium ; stem^ slender ; cavity^ deep ; core^ medium ; 

 seeds, abundant ; fleshy yellowish, sprightly, crisp, juicy ; " best." No- 

 vember and January. 



Challenge. 



American. Origin, near Sandusky, Ohio. Tree, productive, hardy. 

 Size^ large ; form, roundish flattened ; color, rich yellow, with many rus- 

 set dots, and occasionally a russet patch ; when fully exposed to sun, the 

 russet spots become vermiilion red ; stem, projecting even with surround- 

 ing surface; cavity, deep, regular; calyx, with long irregular segments; 

 basin, broad, open, medium depth, always furrowed : fesh, yellowish white, 

 crisp, juicy, sweet, tender; core, medium; seeds, large, plump. October 

 and November. 



Cogswell. 



Cogswell's Pearmain, 



Ohio Nonpareil, incorrectly of some. 



American. Native of Connecticut. It has been grown \i\ Mass. and 

 Ohio, and thus far, where the variety has been fruited, it has proved every- 

 thing that can be required to class it as a first-rate fruit worthy of general 

 cultivation. The tree is a good bearer, producing always fair and even 

 fruit. Tree, moderately vigorous, making rather long annual shoots, of a 

 dark, reddish brown color. The fruit is above medium size, roundish 

 flattened ; often angular ; and also often, on the same tree, somewhat round- 



