100 THE APPLE. 



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 keep- 

 ing well when grown South, and on rich alluvial soils. Grown at 

 the North, the trees come into bearing at about eight years, and the 

 fruit has very little russet (unless unusually warm seasons), except 

 at stem end ; South, in good culture, it attains a size of four inches 

 diameter, by three inches from stem to eye, and mostly covered 

 with russet. 



Fruit, medium to very large ; form, at North, regular, roundish, 

 tapering to the eye South, always angular, sometimes even broad 

 at apex, being roundish, angular, flattened; color, pale yellow, 

 ground mostly overspread with rich, warm red and russet, marbled 

 and splashed with bronzed yellow near the stem, dark yellow russet 

 spots surrounded with a lighter shade ; stem, short ; cavity, narrow ; 

 calyx, small, segments erect ; basin, abrupt, pretty deep, round and 

 even, occasionally shallow ; flesh, yellowish, tender, mild, sub-acid, 

 much resembling Westfield Seek-no-further ; core, medium, marked 

 at distance with a line encircling ; needs, varying, generally ovat 

 Season, January to April. 



RATTLE'S JANET. 



Raul's Gennetting, I Raule's Jannette, 



Rawl's Janet, Rawle's Jennette, 



Winter Genneting, Rock Rimmon, 



Rock Remain, Neverfail, 



Jennette, | Yellow Janette. 



Indiana Jannetting. 



This variety, according to H. P. Byram,.Esq., was first brought to 



