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ruary, and may "be kept till July, which, together with its great produc- 

 tiveness and good flavor, renders it a very valuable market fruit. 



The trees grow very straight, and form upright heads, and the wood 

 is smooth and of a reddish brown. 



Fruit of medium size, roundish, slightly conical, and very regularly 

 formed. Skin pale greenish yellow, about two-thirds covered with russet, 

 which is thickest near the stalk. Calyx small, closed, and set in an 

 even, round basin, of moderate depth. Stalk rather small, projecting 

 even with the base, and pretty deeply inserted in a narrow, smooth 

 cavity. Flesh yellowish white, firm, crisp, with a pleasant, mild, slightly 

 subacid flavor. Good. January to May. 



The English Mussel described by Warder is entirely distinct, being, 

 as he describes, large, globular, flattened, somewhat one-sided. Surface 

 uneven, green. In season from December to January. 



ENGLISH SWEET. 



Ramsdell's Sweet. Ramsdell's Sweeting. Hurlbut Sweet ? 



Ramsdell's Red Pumpkin Sweet. Red Pumpkin Sweet. Avery Sweet. 

 Randall's Red Winter. 



This old variety is esteemed where grown for the large crops which it 

 bears, and as a showy sweet apple for market, and profitable for stock 

 feeding, as well as superior for cooking. 



The tree is very vigorous, grows remarkably straight and upright, 

 comes early into bearing, and yields every year enormously. Young 

 shoots clear reddish brown, slightly grayish. 



Fruit rather above medium size, oblong, regularly shaped, and taper- 

 ing slightly towards the eye, dark red, dotted with fawn-colored specks, 

 and covered with a blue bloom. Flesh yellowish, very tender and 

 mellow, unusually sweet and rich. Good to very good. In weight the 

 apple is light. October to February. 



EPSY. 



From Vermont. A handsome productive fruit, small, elongated 

 conic, deep red, almost crimson. Flesh whitish, brisk subacid. Scarcely 

 good. December, January. 



EPTINGS PREMIUM. 



Large, greenish, with red stripes. Flesh juicy and excellent. 

 (Sumner's MS.) 



EPTINGS RED WINTER. 



Large, beautiful red, resembling Carolina Red June. Flesh yellow, 

 with rich pine-apple flavor. Keeps well to Christmas. (Sumner's 

 MS.) 



ERIE SWEET. 



From Erie, Pa. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate, whitish yellow. Flesh white, 

 ider, juicy, mild, pleasant sweet. Good. September, October. 



