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without shrivelling. A native of Forsyth Co., N". C. A 

 No. 1 apple. 



Oconcc Greening* Medium size, and resembles the 



FJ. 87. OCONEU GBEENIXG. 



Disharoou a good deal in external appearance, but keeps 

 well much longer, and is of a more acid flavor. 



Great Unknown* Size large ; regular in form ; color a 

 waxen yellow, beautifully shaded and marbled with car- 

 mine ; stem slender, of medium length ; calyx open, in a 

 smooth basin ; flesh yellowish, very tender, juicy, and de- 

 licious. An early winter fruit, and every way worthy of 

 general cultivation. Origin unknown; found in the 

 orchard of S. McDowell, Esq., in Macon Co., N. C. 



Webb's Winter* Size medium ; form globular ; color, 

 greenish-yellow, shaded with dull red, with specks of 

 russet ; flesh yellow, juicy and tender, brisk, pleasant acid 

 flavor ; stalk long and slender, in an acute cavity ; calyx 

 small, in a regular, smooth, small basin. Ripens in Novem- 

 ber, and keeps well and good until February. The tree 

 has slender, drooping branches. From Mississippi. 



