48 Notes and Gleanings. 



of Hellam Township, York County, Penn., where it lias been fruited to a con- 

 siderable extent, and is highly prized on account of its quality and extraordinary 

 productiveness. It derives its name from Crenty Creek. Fruit medium, or 

 below, oblate ; skin greenish-yellow, thinly shaded, and rather obscurely striped 

 and splashed with light and dark red ; flesh white, fine grained, very tender, 

 juicy, mild, sub-acid ; quality very good at least. Ripe November. 



Hicks Apple, or Buckram. — Introduced by Isaac Hicks of Westbury, North 

 Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y., who found it in a hedge about the year 1853, 

 and says it has proved the most productive and largest very early sweet apple 

 cultivated in that section, — earlier than Sweet Bough, and more productive. 

 Fruit large, roundish, or roundish-oblate ; skin pale greenish-yellow, considera- 

 bly striped and splashed with crimson ; flesh whitish, tender, moderately juicy, 

 with rich, sweet flavor, slightly aromatic. Ripe August. 



Pa7'k. — Introduced by William S. Carpenter of Rye, Westchester County, 

 N.Y., who values it highly as an amateur and market fruit. It originated on the 

 farm of Roger Park, town of Harrison, N.Y. The original tree is still standing, 

 and about seventy-five years old. Tree thrifty, and quite upright in its growth, 

 and bears large crops every other year ; fruit medium, roundish, inclining to 

 conic, angular ; skin yellowish, shaded, and rather obscurely splashed and striped 

 with light and dark crimson nearly over the whole surface ; flesh yellowish, rather 

 firm, moderately juicy, with a rich, mild, sub-acid, slightly aromatic flavor ; very 

 good. Ripe January to March. 



Family, or M'--Loud''s Family. — An excellent early apple of Southern origin, 

 received from P. J. Berckmans of Augusta, Ga. Mr. Berckmans says it is a 

 beautiful grower, bears enormously, always regular. Fruit smooth, ripening for 

 six weeks, — the most distinct foliage of any of our Southern apples ; fruit rather 

 large, oblate, conical ; skin yellowish, shaded, striped and splashed with dull 

 red over two-thirds its surface ; flesh white, tender, juicy, with a very mild, 

 pleasant, sub-acid flavor ; quality very good, or best. 



Slight's Lady-Apple. — A new seedling, raised by Edgar Slight, Fiskhill 

 Plains, Duchess County, N.Y., from the Lady- Apple, and like it in every respect, 

 except that it is double the size, and the skin a little more yellow and waxen, 

 and comes into eating earlier in the season. 



DrilPs Seedling. — Raised by Francis Brill, Newark, N.J. ; and he values it 

 highly for market and culinary purposes. Fruit large, oblong, conic, angular; 

 skin yellow ; flesh yellowish, tender, juicy, slightly sub-acid. Ripe October, 

 November. 



Celestia. — Received specimens from L. S. Mote, West Milton, O. One of 

 his new seedlings, which promises to be an acquisition. Fruit rather large, round- 

 ish, inclining to conic ; skin pale-yellow ; flesh yellowish, fine grained, crisp, 

 very tender, juicy, with a rich, mild, sub-acid flavor, with considerable aroma ; 

 quality best. Ripe September. 



Pine-creek Sweet. — Specimens of this fine sweet apple were sent us by John 

 Hamilton of Jersey Shore, Penn. ; and he writes us that it originated at Pine 

 Creek, Jersey Shore, Clinton County, Penn., where the original tree is still 

 standing. Fruit large, roundish, conical ; skin pale whitish-yellow ; flesh white, 



