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nearly covered with dark red stripes ; flesh yellow and 

 firm ; of excellent quality, and keeps until March. 



Mountain Belle* Size medium to large; oblate and 

 conical ; color, an orange ground, shaded and striped with 

 red ; stem short, in a wide, deep cavity ; calyx in a mod- 

 erate sized, smooth basin ; flesh white, hard, and juicy, a 

 little tough in texture, and of a fair, sub-acid flavor. 

 Ripens November to May. Second quality, but a famous 

 keeper. A native of Habersham County, Ga,, found in an 

 old Indian field by J. Van Buren. 



Van Buren. Size medium to large ; globular, and a 

 little conical in form ; color, yellow ground, shaded with 

 dark red ; with specks and patches of russet ; stem short 

 and fleshy, in a narrow, medium sized cavity ; calyx small, 

 and closed in a shallow basin ; flesh yellow, juicy, and 

 quite tender for a good keeper. Ripens in October, and 

 keeps until April. A new and first rate winter apple, 

 found and named by Elijah Sutton, Esq., Habersham 

 Co., Ga. 



Vahoola, Fruit medium size ; oblate in form ; color, 

 dull green, speckled and streaked with russet ; stem long 

 and slender ; calyx medium size, in a moderate sized 

 basin; flesh greenish- white, juicy, and of fair quality. 

 Ripens in September, and keeps until January 1st. Tree 

 with slender, wiry limbs. Origin, Lumpkin Co., Ga. 



List of varieties recommended for cultivation in the 

 Southern States : 



SUMMER VARIETIES. AUTUMN VARIETIES. 



Early Harvest. Buckingham. 



Red June. Disharoon. 



Julien. Myers' Nonpareil 



Aromatic Carolina. Autumn Wine. 



Sweet Bough. Rome Beauty. 



Red Astrachan. Meigs. 



Toccoa. Chestatee. 



