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Washington Apple. 



WASHINGTON APPLE. 



Though this variety has been before the public for several years, yet we 

 think it is not so widely known as it deserves so be. Our engraving was 

 made from a fine specimen raised by Thaddeus Clapp of Dorchester, Mass., 

 who has been very successful with this varietJ^ The Washington is said 

 to have originated in Washington County, N.Y., on the farm of Mr. Job 

 Whipple. It is now about twenty years since it was first brought to the 

 notice of pomologists ; and yet fruit of this variety is rarely seen in the mar- 



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ket, and many of the fruit-books are silent in regard to it. The tree is a 

 strong grower, healthy, and a good bearer. Its merits entitle it to a greater 

 popularity than it has yet attained. We copy the following description 

 from " The Magazine of Horticulture " for 1858 : " Size large, about three 

 ^nd a half inches broad, and three inches deep ; form roundish, slightly 

 swollen on one side, largest in the middle, depressed somewhat at the 

 base, and narrowing to the crown ; skin fair, smooth, with an oily touch, 

 with a pale-yellow ground, broken with distinct stripes and splashes of 



