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Apples. 



Fig z-fi.Nortliern Spy. 



Indiana, Kentucky, and Virginia where it keeps till spring and 

 succeeds well further north. Often a poor bearer. 



Ragan. Large, roundish-ovate, striped and marbled with red on 

 light greenish yellow ground ; stalk medium to long, cavity deep, 

 basin deep ; flesh yellowish white, of a rich, spicy, rather acid 

 flavor. Early winter. Putnam co., Ind. 



RAWLE'S JANNET. (Rawle's Jenneting, Neverfail, Rockremain.) 

 Medium in size, roundish, approaching Oblong or obtuse-conical, 

 often oblique ; color pale red, distinct stripes on light yellow 

 ground ; stalk half an inch long ; flesh nearly white, fine, mild, 

 sub-acid, fine texture, crisp, juicy. Growth slow ; a profuse 

 bearer, with a portion of the crop knotty or under size. Keeps 

 through spring. Highly esteemed in the Ohio valley ; does not 

 succeed further north. The blossoms open ten days later than 

 usual, thus sometimes escaping spring frosts ; and hence the name 

 Neverfail. Hardy far west. 



RED CANADA. (Nonsuch, Old Nonsuch of Mass., Richfield Non- 

 such of Ohio.) Medium in size, roundish-conical, regular ; nearly 

 the whole surface covered with red, and interspersed with large 

 and rather indistinct whitish dots ; stalk about an inch long, in a 

 very wide and even cavity ; basin nearly even, moderate ; flesh 



