McAfee's Nonsuch. 



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The tree grows vigorously, forming a round spreading head, and 

 though it doea not bear early, afterwards becomes very productive. 



The history of this variety has been fully investigated by Dr. Wil- 

 liam M. Howsley, of Leavenworth, Kansas, who has ascertained that 

 it is an old variety, which originated in the orchard of George McAfee, 

 near Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Ky. As with every other good fruit 

 which has been long cultivated its many synonymes attest its populari- 

 ty. Besides the standard name, it is considerably cultivated in the West 





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McAfee's Nonsuch. 



as Striped Winter Pearmain and Striped Sweet Pippin, and more or 

 less as McAfee, McAfee's Red, Snorter, Striped Pearmain, Nonsuch, 

 Teeke, Gray's Keeper, Large Striped Winter Pearmain, Park's Keeper, 

 Wyandotte, Gray Apple, Lidian, Winter Pearmain, Storr's Wine, Mis- 

 souri Superior, New Missouri, Valandingham's Wine, and White 

 Crow. It has also been called, erroneously, Hubbardston Nonsuch, 

 and by some Ladies' Favorite, which last name is, in Tennessee, ap- 

 plied to the Buckingham or Equinetely. 



