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THE APPLE. 



pretty large and nearly closed, set in a wide, even hollow. There is a 

 faint blue bloom on this fruit. The flesh is juicy, sprightly subacid. 

 Ripens early in September. 



Duchess of Oldenburgh. 

 DUCKETT. 



A Southern fruit. 



Fruit rather large, oblate, light waxen yellow, often with a crimson 

 cheek. Flesh white, tender, juicy, pleasant, aromatic. Good. Yery 

 good at the South, where it is ripe October to November. 



DUFFIELD PIPPIN. 



Probably an old variety, claimed as a seedling of the Rev. George 

 Duffield's ancestors. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate, pale yellow, with shade of light 

 crimson in the sun. Flesh yellowish, juicy, tender, pleasant, subacid. 

 Good. November. 



Du HALDER. 



Probably a Holland variety. Tree vigorous, very productive. 



Fruit large, roundish conical, golden yellow, with gray white dots. 

 Flesh white, fine, semi-tender, sugary acid. November to May. (An. 

 Pom.) 



DUKE OF BEAUFORT'S PIPPIN. 



Fruit large, roundish oblate, ribbed, greenish, with faint streaks in 

 the sun of pale red. Flesh greenish white, crisp, and subacid. Novem- 

 ber, December. (Lind.) 



DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE. 

 An English dessert Apple. 



