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Apples. 



mately afford the heaviest crops. Among the handsomest growers 

 as dwarfs, are Red Astrachan, Jersey Sweet, Porter, Baldwin, Dyer, 

 Summer Rose, Benoni, and Bough. 



VARIETIES. 



SYNOPSIS OF ARRANGEMENT. 



Division I. SUMMER APPLES. 



Class I. Sweet Apples. 



Section I. Color striped with red. 

 Section II. Color not striped. 



Class II. With more or less acidity. 



Se6lion I. Color striped with red. 

 Section II. Color not striped. 



Division II. AUTUMN APPLES. 



Class I. Sweet Apples. 



Section I. Color striped with red. 

 Section II. Color not striped. 



Class II. With more or less acidity. 



Section I. Color striped with red. 

 Section II. Color not striped. 



Division III. WINTER APPLES. 



Class I. Sweet Apples. 



Section I. Color striped with red. 

 Section II. Color not striped. 



Class II. With more or less acidity. 



Section I. Color striped with red. 

 Section II. Color not striped. 



The characteristics which constitute these divisions and subdivi- 

 sions, are not in all cases perfectly distinct. Summer apples gradu- 

 ally pass into autumn, and autumn into winter apples. A few, but 

 the number is extremely small, possess nearly a neutral flavoi 



