52 FRUIT-GARDENING. 



or Maine. Fruit below the middle size, regularly formed, 

 roundisli-ovatc ; skin greenisli-yellow, mottled with orange and 

 red at maturity ; flesh pale yellow, tender, juicy, and high 

 flavored. 



Dutch Mignonne, Reinette Doree, Pomme de LaaTc, Pater- 

 noster Apple. A winter fruit, large, roundish; skin dull 

 orange, streaked and mottled with red, dotted with russet; 

 flesh crisp ; juice plentiful, with a delicious aromatic flavor. 



Easter Pippin, Claremont Pippin^ Ironstone Pippin, 

 Youngh Long Keeinng, French Crab. Fruit middle size, some- 

 what globular ; skin deep green, shaded with a pale livid 

 brown ; flesh very firm, and though not juicy, of a good, sub- 

 acid flavor. This variety will keep sound tvro years. 



Herefordshire Pearmain, Winter Pcarmain, Royal Pear- 

 main, Royale dC Angleterre. A fine winter dessert fruit above 

 medium size, form oblong ; skin russety-green, mottled with 

 red, and dotted with greyish specks ; flesh tender, with plea- 

 sant aromatic flavor. Tree an abundant bearer. 



Lyscum, Osgood's Favorite. A Massachusetts variety of 

 merit. Fruit large, round ; skin greenish-yellow, mottled with 

 red ; flesh fine grained, exceedingly mild and agreeable in 

 flavor : in use from September to November. 



Lyman's Pumpkin Sweet. A very large apple raised by 

 Mr. S. Lyman, Manchester, Connecticut. Skin smooth, pale 

 yellow ; flesh firm, sweet, juicy, and excellent for baking : in 

 the autumn. The tree bears prodigious crops. 



Northern Spy. A native variety of the Spitzenberg 

 family. Fruit large, conical, considerably ribbed ; skin smooth, 

 yellow ground, nearly covered with rich dark red and purplish 

 streaks ! flesh yellowish- white, and of a rich, aromatic, sub- 

 acid flavor : good from December to May. 



Peck's Pleasant. This variety resembles the Yellow New- 

 town Pippin, only it is larger ; skin smooth, and when first 

 gathered gTeen, changing to yellow, with bright blush cheek 

 and scattered grey dots ; flesh yellowish, fine grained, juicy, 

 and tender, with a delicious hiofh aromatic flavor in winter. 



