88 . APPLES. 



greenish yellow. Flesh white, crisp and breaking. Juice 

 plentiful, rich and fine flavoured. Ripe in November, 

 and will keep well till April or May. As a winter and 

 dessert apple it is held in very high repute, and commands 

 a high price in the market. It is a most beautiful little 

 apple, having the appearance of polished marble. Sup- 

 posed to be of French origin, and does well in this coun- 

 try either as a standard orchard tree, or as an elegant espa- 

 lier grafted on Paradise stocks for the garden. 



xVmerican Cider Apples. 



Although most of our American apples make fine cider, 

 yet the three following kinds are highly esteemed, and 

 used exclusively lor the purpose. They are cultivated ex- 

 tensively at and near Newark in New-Jersey, where cider 

 is made equal, perhaps, to any in the world. 



228. Harrison. 



" This is the most celebrated of the cider apples of New- 

 ark, N. J. ; it is cultivated in high perfection, and to a great 

 extent in that neighbourhood, })articularly on the Orange 

 Mountains. The shape is rather long and pointed towards 

 the crown ; the sfaik long, the ends are deeply hollowed ; 

 the skin is yellow, v/ith many small, but distinct black spots, 

 which give a roughness to the touch ; the flesh is rich, yel- 

 low, firm and tough, the taste j)leasant and sprightly, but 

 rather dry." " The apples fall about the first of November ; 

 rather below the middle size ; remarkably free Irom rot." 

 " Ten bushels are required for a barrel of cider ; one barrel 

 will produce fourteen quarts of distilled spirits. It obtained 

 its name from a family in Essex county, New-Jersey, where 

 it originated." Coxt^s View, No. 83. 



229. Camffield, or Newark Sweeting. 



This apple is next in reputation as a cider fruit to the 

 Harrison, and is usually mixed with that apple in equal por- 

 tions when ground ; the size is middling ; the shin is smooth 

 and red with small indistinct yellow spots ; the side from 

 the svm a greenish yellow ; the flesh is white, firm, sweet 

 and rich ; the form is round, flattened and somewhat sunk 

 at the ends ; " the cider is very strong and highly flavoured, 

 yielding fourteen quarts of spirits from a barrel." " It is 

 esteemed the most profitable apple produced in the eastern 

 counties of this state, (New- Jersey,) where it was origi- 

 nally cultivated, and derived its name from a family resident 

 in that part of the country." Coxe's View, No. 84. 



