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oblate ; green or greenish-yellow ; flesh yellow, 

 tender, juicy, rather acid ; very productive, sin- 

 gle trees sometimes producing forty bushels of 

 uniform fruit. 



Roxbury Russet. Medium ; rough russet or 

 greenish color ; flesh crisp, good, sub-acid flavor. 

 Keeps until spring. 



Tollman's Sweeting. Flesh firm, rich, very 

 sweet. Excellent for baking. 



Other excellent winter kinds are Canada 

 Renette, Cogswell, Jonathan, Lady, Mother, and 

 Peck's Pleasant. Numerous other kinds exist 

 which may have slight shades in flavor, or quali- 

 ties, which entitle them to enter the ranks in 

 large collections, and possibly by good behavior 

 to advance to the front. Occasionally a seedling 

 attains a permanent reputation. But it is rather 

 surprising how few of our best apples are of 

 recent origin. We may safely plant the stan- 

 dard kinds, in confidence that they will not be 

 speedily superseded. 



Apple trees should be planted at least thirty- 

 three feet, and better than this, forty feet apart 

 for permanent orchards, in the latter case giving 

 forty-nine trees to the acre, the outside rows being 

 fifteen feet distant from the outer line. But for 

 family purposes it is generally found best to plant 

 these near the outer line of the estate, or in cor- 



