UNTESTED VARIETIES, ETC. 



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JACKSON. 



From Bucks Co., Pa. Fruit, medium, roundish ; color, greenish yellow, 

 with dark blotches and gray dots in sun, faint stripes and mottlings of red ; 

 stem, in a deep narrow cavity ; calyx, closed ; basin, slightly furrowed ; 

 flesh, greenish, tender, juicy, aromatic flavor. October, December. 



JEFFERSON COUNTY. 



From Jefferson Co., N. Y. Tree, vigorous, productive. Fruit, medium, 

 globular ; color, greenish yellow, with marblings and shades of red russet 

 in sun ; stem, in a deep cavity ; calyx, small ; basin, deep ; flesh, crisp, 

 juicy, mild sub-acid. October, December. 



JENKINS. 



Native of Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania. Fruit, small, roundish ovate ; 

 red, interspersed with numerous large white dots, on a yellowish ground j 

 stem, slender ; cavity, deep, rather wide, sometimes russeted ; calyx, closed } 

 basin, deep, open, furrowed ; core, above medium ; seeds, grayish brown, 

 acute-ovate ; flesh, white, tender, fine texture, juicy ; flavor, agreeably 

 saccharine, exceedingly pleasant and aromatic j " very good," if not "best." 

 The Jenkins is one of those delicious little apples peculiarly fitted for the 

 table at evening entertainments. (W. D. B.) 



JEWETT'S RED. 

 Jowett's Fine Bed, | Nodhead. 



Tree. slow, rather slender, diverging growth ; fruit, unfair while young 

 best adapted to strong clay soils North, where it is hardy, and said to sue 

 ceed well. Fruit, medium to large, roundish flattened, tapering to the eye, 

 sometimes angular : greenish yellow, mostly overspread or striped with red, 

 numerous white dots; stem, varying; cavity, narrow; calyx, small, par- 



tially closed: basin, shallow, wrinkled; core, medium; seeds, 

 rounded ; flesh, yellowish white, fine-grained, tender, mild aromatic sub 

 acid. November to February. 



