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most French authors, which is quite a small apple ; but it is the Vrai 

 Drap d? Or of the old Duhamel, pi. xii. Fig. 4. 



Fruit large, roundish oblate. Skin smooth, yellow or dead gold 

 color, with distinct small brown dots or specks. Flesh crisp, juicy, 

 mild subacid. Good. August to October. 



There are two or three apples under this name one is similar in 

 size to the above, but the tree is of stronger growth, dropping its fruit 

 before mature, which is rather coarse, spongy. Flesh quite inferior. 



Another variety, the Drap d'Or of Knoop, is small, bright yellow, 

 firm and crisp. 



DREDGE'S FAIR MAID OF WISHFORD. 



A variety from near Salisbury, England. Tree a free grower, and 

 good bearer. 



Fruit medium, roundish, yellow, with patches of brown russet, and 

 streaks of red in sun. Flesh yellowish, firm, brisk, juicy, sugary. 

 December to March. (Hogg.) 



DREDGE'S FAME. 



Tree hardy, vigorous grower, productive. 



Fruit medium, roundish, dingy yellow, patches of thin russet, pale 

 red in the sun. Flesh greenish yellow, firm, crisp, brisk, sugary, aro- 

 matic. December to March. (Hogg.) 



DREDGE'S GOLDEN PIPPIN. 



Ronalds describes this as a little larger than the original, nattish 

 in shape, clear yellow, firm, and sweet. February to March. 



DUCHESSE DE BRABANT. 

 Reinette Duchesse de Brabant. 



Tree very vigorous. 



Fruit large, variable in form, yellow, spotted with reddish gray dots, 

 crimson cheek in the sun. Flesh yellowish white, firm, crisp, juicy, 

 acid. September to December. (An. Pom.) 



DUCHESS OF OLDENBURGH. 



Smith's Beauty of Newark. New Brunswick. 



This handsome Russian Apple proves one of the most hardy and 

 profitable varieties in cultivation, and especially in our northwestern 

 sections. The tree is vigorous, forming a roundish, upright, spreading 

 head, requiring little or no pruning, and producing abundantly a fruit 

 of fair, even, and regular size, that, although not of the first quality, 

 always commands a ready sale, as it is valuable for market and cooking, 

 and passably good for dessert. Young shoots smooth, reddish. 



Fruit medium size, regularly formed, roundish oblate. Skin smooth, 

 finely washed and streaked with red on a golden or yellow ground. Calyx 



