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Trumbull Sweeting. 

 Fenton Sweeting. 

 From Trumbull Co., Ohio. Fruit, above medium, roundish flattened, 

 pale yellow, slight blush and red spots; stem, short; cavity, deep; calyx, 

 large ; basin, deep; tiesh, white, tender, juicy, sweet : '-very good." Sep- 

 tember to November. 



Twitchell"s Sweet. 



From New Hampshire. Fruit, medium, conical, red, with small gray 

 dots ; flesh, white, veined with red, sweet. November, December. 



Vandyke. 

 Fruit, large, roundish, slightly conic; skin, yellowish, with a tinge of 

 red, and slightly sprinkled vrith brown and reddish dots : stalk, rather 

 slender, in a large cavity ; calyx, closed, in a deep, uneven basin ; flesh, 

 white, tender, juicy, sub-acid, agreeable. October. 



Yaughan's Winter. 

 Origin, Kentucky. Tree, hardy, vigorous and productive. Fruit, 

 medium, oblate oblique angular; skin, whitish waxen yellow, shaded with 

 cfim.son and lilac, and sometmies obscurely striped and tiiickly covered with 

 conspicuous light dots ; stalk, small and short, inserted in a deep, uneven 

 cavity, surrounded by very thin green russet ; calyx, open, or partially 

 closed ; basin, deep, abrupt, open, slightly corrugated ; flesh, yellowish, 

 tender, juicy, with a brisk, very agreeable vinous flavor. January to March. 



Virginia Greening. 

 Fruit, large, roundish oval, flattened at ends, slightly angular, dull green- 

 ish yellow, brownish in sun, scattered brown specks with whitish green 

 circle sufl'used around them ; stem, medium ; cavity, acuminate ; calyx, 

 large, short segments ; core, small ; seeds, long ovate ; flesh, yellowish 

 white, mild sub-acid; not quite "very good." December to March. 

 Esteemed at the South as a keeper. 



Waddel's Hall. 



Shockley. 



Southern. Fruit, medium, roundish conical, yellow, clouded and 



striped with red, little russet ; stem, long, slender ; cavity, deep, narrow ; 



calyx, closed ; basin, shallow; flesh, firm, juicy, saccharine ; " very good." 



October to March. 



Walker's Yellow, 



This apple is a native of Pulaski Co., Georgia. Fruit, large, conic, fine 

 golden yellow, with a faint blush on the sunny side ; stalk, of moderate 

 length, in a deep, acute cavity; basin, small; flesh, white, juicy, rather 

 too acid for a dessert fruit. November to April. (White's Gard.) 



Y/alpole. 

 From Massachusetts. Fruit, large, roundish, tapering to the eye, yel 

 low, with bright red stripes, deepest in sun, and yellowish specks; stem, 

 short; cavity, open; calyx, closed; basin, slightly ridged: core, large, 

 open ; seeds, large ; flesh, yellowish, tinged with pink, tender, juicy, brisk 

 sub-acid. August and September. (Hov. Mag.) The following descrip- 

 tion of the Sparhawk is from B. V. French, Esq. We suspect the two 

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