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small in a broad basin ; flesh yellowish white, with a very good 

 snb-acid flavor. A long keeper. 



Newark King. Size medium, conical; skin smooth, red in streaks 

 on yellow ground ; flesh tender, rather rich, pleasant. Early win- 

 ter. Origin, New Jersey. 



New York Vandevere.* (Newtown Spitzenburgh, Ox Eye.) Me- 

 dium in size, round-oblate, regular; color light red in indistinct 

 streaks on yellow ground, often a high red where exposed; dots 

 numerous; stalk uniformly about half an inch long, cavity and 

 basin wide ; flesh light yellow, with a rich, mild, sub-acid, excellent 

 flavor. Early winter. Not always fair succeeds best on light 

 soils. Shoots spotted ; leaves doubly serrate-crenate. New York. 



Nickajack.* (Summerour, Berry, Edwards, Carolina Spice, Red 

 Hazel.) Rather large, smooth, handsome, roundish, slightly ob- 

 long; splashed, striped, and mottled with deep red, and with large 

 whitish spots ; stalk short, deep set, basin moderate, rim obtuse, 

 calyx open; flesh yellow, rather firm, sub-acid, spicy, very good. 

 Fig. 430. Keeps till spring. Growth irregular a good bearer. 

 A standard Southern variety, and a good market sort in lower Ohio 

 valley. Georgia. 



FtG. 431. Recumbent. FlG. 432. Anis. FlG. 433. Large Anis. 



FIG. 434. Titus (Riga). FIG. 435. Mallett. FlG. 436. Rambour Queea 



Northern Spy.* Large, roundish-conical, often flattened, slightly 

 ribbed; handsomely striped with red; stalk and calyx deep set; 

 flavor rich, aromatic, mild sub-acid, fine. Keeps through winter 

 and late into spring ; preserves its flavor remarkably fresh. 

 Shoots dark, spotted, erect, stout. A tardy bearer. To afford fine 

 fruit, the tree must be kept thrifty by good cultivation. A native 

 of East Bloomfield. N. Y. A fruit of the highest quality, and profit- 

 able for market under proper cultivation, and with care in picking, 

 assorting, and packing. Succeeds throughout the North and 

 Northwest, but less valuable farther South. Fig. 439. 



Osceola. Size medium, roundish-oblate, angular; skin yellowish, 

 shaded and striped with red; stalk small; cavity large, russeted; 



