LONG KEEPING APPLES. 99 



Peck^s Pleasant. Fruit rather large, uniformly 

 smooth and fair, nearly round, greenish yellow, 

 sub-acid, and of very fine flavor, partaking slightly 

 of the character of the Newtown Pippin. A good 

 bearer. 



Tollman Siveeting. Medial size, flattish, often 

 inclining to oblong, yellow, distinguished by a dis- 

 tinct dark line on the surface, from the stem to- 

 wards the blossom, very sweet, rich and firm, admi- 

 rable as a winter baking apple. The tree is of 

 moderate size, but a great bearer every other year. 



LONG KEEPERS. 



Black Gilliflower. Rather large, very oblong and 

 conical, dark dull purple, slightly acid, rather dry, but 

 otherwise a rich and high-flavored fruit, an abun- 

 dant bearer, and an excellent keeper ; and hence 

 may be profitable for the spring feeding of animals. 



Newtown Pippin. Tree of rather slow growth, 

 fruit medial size, sometimes large, nearly round, 

 green with a brown shade, becoming yellowish, 

 sub-acid, of fine flavor, which it remarkably retains 

 for a long time. Fine fruit of this variety com- 

 mands a very high price in the New- York and 

 English markets. It is liable to become scrubby, 

 and selection for sale is of great consequence; a 

 distinguished cultivator sent three hundred barrels 

 to London, and received for them only seventeen 

 shillings and sixpence, after paying freight; and 

 again by a most choice selection, he sold them for 



