NEW FliUITS. 



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of the country. We mention this circumstance for the 

 purpose of showing that a variety of fruit may have a 

 local value far above its general one. 



Ilunfs Busset. — From Old Concord, Mass. Medium 

 size, russet, with ix'd and greenish yellow on sunny side. 

 Excellent subacid flavor, and keeps all winter. It is a 

 pojDular variety in the vicinity where it originated. De- 

 scribed in Americcui Journal of Horticulture^ Vol. II., 

 page 271. 



Himtsmcui' s Favorite. — From Fayetteville, Mo. De- 

 scribed in Cohnan^s Rural VTorld as a fine winter apple. 



Hasche (fig. 1). — Medium, roundish, flattened at the 



ends ; skin, glossy, smooth, greenish yellow ; flesh, yel- 

 lowish, crisp, juicy, mild subacid, rich and high flavored. 



2* 



