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DESCRIPTIONS OF APPLES. 



Cavity rather deep, acute, brown ; Stem medium. 



Core round, flattened, slightly open, meeting the eye ; 

 Seeds numerous, long, pointed, imperfect ; Flesh white, 

 breaking, fine-grained, juicy ; Flavor sub-acid; Quality 

 scarcely good ; Use, market chiefly ; Season October, No- 

 vember. 



Cooper. 



This delicious apple was introduced into the West with 

 the cions that were brought to the early Putnam nursery 

 at the mouth of the Muskingum river in 1796. Though a 

 general favorite from its beauty, its fine texture, and ex. 



Fig. 87. COOPER. 



quisite flavor, this variety does not appear to have been so 

 widely spread as others very inferior to it. Though occur-* 

 ring on the original Putnam list, and therefore an eastern 

 variety, it does not appear to have been recognized by cul^ 

 tivators in the older States, and there are those in the West 

 who claim that it is of French origin. 



The tree has a stout, upright growth, which becomes 

 spreading with age, when the limbs stand at a right an- 



