New Apple. 



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NEW APPLE. 



Hamilton. — Introduced from the South into Southern Illinois by J. A. 

 Grain of Pulaski County, 111. ; and exhibited before the State Horticultural 

 Society at South Pass, Sept. 3, 1867. In many particulars, this fruit resem- 

 bles the Buckingham, which is extensively cultivated in that region ; but 

 Mr. Grain reports the tree as different, and that the period of ripening is 

 later. Fruit large, roundish, irregular, somewhat ribbed ; surface smooth, 



mixed dark-red and yellow, splashed with purple ; dots large, scattered, yel 

 low ; basin deep, abrupt, folded ; eye large, open ; cavity deep, wavy, brown , 

 stem medium to long, knobby ; core medium, regular, open, clasping the 

 eye; seeds numerous, plump, dark; flesh yellow, breaking, rather juicy ; 

 flavor sub-acid. Uses, market and family ; season, September and Oc- 

 tober. 



