MOST GENERALLY ESTEEMED. 



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Fruit, medium ; form, roundish conical, or roundish ovate, regular ; color, 

 light greenish yellow, mostly overspread with brownish russet j when well 

 matured, becomes yellowish ] stem, rather short ; cavity round j calyx, small, 

 close } basin, abrupt, regular, round ; flesh, yellowish white, fine texture, 

 rather firm, aromatic } core, small ; seeds, ovate, reddish brown. All Win- 

 ter and Spring. 



There is cultivated in Central Ohio, a Golden Russet (see our figure) 

 which resembles this, but is larger, and with an open calyx, and often 

 beautifully bronzed with russet yellow. We think they may prove identi- 

 cal, and the soil and location make the apparent difference. 



PRIMATE. 

 Rough and Beady, | Summer Pippin, erroneously. 



A variety lately come into favorable notice in Central New York, that 

 may yet prove an old sort improved by soil and location. Fruit, medium, 

 roundish, tapering to the eye pale yellow occasionally, blush red cheek j 

 calyx, closed ; basin, deep ; stem, varying ; cavity, rather narrow ; core, with 

 open seed-capsules; seeds, pyriform : flesh, yellowish white, very tender, 

 delicate, juicy, mild sub-acid ; " best." September and October. 



PRYOR'S RED. 

 Prior's Bed, 1 Pitzer Hill, | Big Hill. 



This is evidently a seedling from seed crossed with Westfield Seek-no- 

 further and Roxbury Russet, partaking most largely of the Seek-no-further. 

 Its certain origin we have not learned. It is not regarded as an early 

 bearer, but as very hardy, and the fruit keeping well when grown South, 

 and on rich alluvial soils. Grown at the North, the trees come into bear- 

 ing at about eight years, and the fruit has very little russet (unless unusu- 

 ally warm seasons), except at stem end j South, in good culture, it attains 



