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63. PoETEE. — Medium size to 

 large, oblong, yellow ; flesh tender 

 and of excellent flavor. Tree a 

 moderate grower ; very popular in 

 Massachusetts. Sept. — E. and B. 

 A regular, even bearer ; requires 

 strong soil, with lime and phos- 

 phates ; succeeds wherever grown 

 — one of the best at the South. — 

 Elliott. 



^A popular Eastern fall -apple, 

 little known in Ohio.— (9. P. S. 



Fig. 10. — Porter. 



64. Oveeman's Sweet. — Fruit medium, conical; pale yellow, 

 striped with red ; flesh white, juicy, sweet; "good;" baking. Oc- 

 tober and November. — Elliott. 



This variety is from the orchard of Mi'. C. E. Oveeman, Caiiton 

 Fulton Co., 111. 



65. Ross NoNPAEEiL. — Tree productive. Fruit below medium, 

 roundish, dull red, blotched and striped; flesh greenish white, 

 juicy, sub-acid, aromatic; "very good;" nearly "best." October 

 to November. — Elliott. 



66. St. Laweence. — Large, round, streaked, red and greenish 

 yellow; a very beautiful, productive, ano popular market apple 

 from Canada. October. — Ellwanger and Barry. 



''Yery good.''— Elliott. 



67. Smokehouse, of Penn. ; Vandeeveee, of Cincinnati, and 



