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THE APPLE. 



ish green, faint stripes red ; stem, short, stout ; cavity, deep, open ; calyx, 

 rather large ; basin, shallow ; core, small ; seeds, imperfect ; flesh, greenish 

 yellow, juicy, vinous, sub-acid ; " very good." November to February. 

 New. 



JENKINS. 



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

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

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

 closed ; basin, deep, open, furrowed ; core, above medium ; seed, grayish 

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

 agreeably saccharine, exceedingly pleasant and aromatic ; " very good," 

 if not " best." The Jenkins is one of those delicious little apples pecul- 

 iarly fitted for the table at evening entertainments. (W. D. B.) 



JEWETT'S RED. 



Jewett's Fine Red, J 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 

 succeed 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, partially closed; basin, shallow, wrinkled; core, medium; /seeds, 

 ovate, rounded ; flesh, yellowish white, fine grained, tender, mild aromatic 

 sub-acid; "best." November to February. 



