UNTESTED YAEIETIES, ETC. 



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Jackson. 

 From Bucks Co.. Pa. Fruit, medium, roundish; color, greenish yellow, 

 with dark blotches and gray dots in sun, faint stripes and mottlings of red ; 

 stem, in a deep narrow cavity : calyx, closed ; basin, slightly furrowed; 

 flesh, greenish, tender, juicy, aromatic flavor. Oclober, December. 



Jefferson County. 

 From Jefferson Co., N. Y. Tree, vigorou.s, productive. Fruit, medium, 

 globular ; color, greenish yellow, with marblings and shades of red russet 

 in sun ; stem, in a deep cavity ; calyx, small ; basin, deep ; flesh, crisp, 

 juicy, mild sub-acid. October, December. 



Jenkins. 

 Native of Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania. Fruit, small, roundish ovate ; 

 red, interspersed with numerous large white dots, on a yellowish ground ; 

 stem, slender ; cavity, deep, rather wide, sometimes russeted ; calyx, closed ; 

 basin, deep, open, furrowed ; core, above medium ; seeds, grayish brown, 

 acute-ovate; flesh, white, tender, fine texture, juicy: flavor, agreeably 

 saccharine, exceedingly pleasant and aromatic ; " very good," if not " best.'' 

 The Jenkins is one of those delicious little apples peculiarly fitted for the, 

 table at evening entertainments. (W. D. B.) 



Jewett's Red. 

 Jewett's Fine EeJ, I Nodhead. 



Tree, slow, rather slender, diverging growth ; fruit, unfair while young ; 

 best adapted to strong clay soils North, where it is hardy, and said to suc- 

 ceed well. Fruit, medium to large, roundish flattened, tapering to the eye, 

 sometimes angular: greenish yellow, mostly overspread or sti'iped with red, 

 numerous Avhite dots; stem, varying ; cavity, narrow ; calyx, small, par- 

 tially closed: basin, shallow, wrinkled; core, medium; seeds, ovate 

 rounded ; flesh, yellowish white, fine-grained, tender, mild aromatic sub- 

 acid. November to February. 



