THE APPLE. 267 



Fruit large, roundish oblate, yellow, shaded, striped, and splashed 

 with red, and thinly sprinkled with russet dots. Stem slender. Cavity 

 large. Basin abrupt and open. Flesh white, very tender, juicy, subacid. 

 Good. October, November. 



MARKS. 



Origin, Berks Co., Pa., on the lands of Mr. Klinger. Tree vigorous, 

 upright, productive. 



Fruit medium size, roundish, tapering slightly to the crown, yellow- 

 ish white, with a few russet dots, and nearly covered with a faint orange 

 blush. Flesh whitish, tender, brisk subacid. Good. January to March. 

 The fruit drops badly. 



MARMALADE PIPPIN. 

 Althorp Pippin. Welsh Pippin. 



This is an English Apple, from Derbyshire. Tree hardy, and profuse 

 bearer. 



Fruit medium to large, roundish oblong, truncated, yellowish, 

 bronzed in the sun, numerous dots and some pearly white specks. Flesh 

 yellowish white, firm, juicy, sweet. October to February. There is 

 another apple under this name, which is striped with red and ripens in 

 August. 



MARSHALL. 



Largely grown in some parts of New Hampshire, as a profitable 

 market Apple, on account of its productiveness and very late keeping. 



Fruit above medium, roundish, a little flattened, deep green, mostly 

 overlaid with a fine thick sprinkling of whitish green specks, a little 

 blush and crimson specks next the sun. April, May. (Me. Hep.) 



MARSHALL'S SWEET. 



Originated with S. B. Marshall, Ohio. Tree a moderate stocky 

 grower, forming a round head. 



Fruit medium or below, roundish oblate conic, sides unequal, yellow, 

 splashed and striped with light and dark red. Flesh white, a little 

 stained next the skin, tender, moderately juicy, pleasant, sweet. Good. 

 November, December. 



MARSTON'S RED WINTER. 



Origin, Greenland, N. H. Tree hardy, of moderate growth. Young 

 shoots reddish brown, slightly downy. Great bearer, and keeps as well 

 as Baldwin. 



Fruit above medium size, roundish conic. Stalk rather slender, in a 

 narrow, deep, compressed, slightly russeted cavity sometimes with a 

 lip. Calyx partially closed. Segments long, in a deep corrugated basin. 

 Color whitish yellow, shaded and striped with bright red and crimson, 

 thickly sprinkled with minute dots. Flesh whitish yellow, very juicy, 

 tender, sprightly subacid. Good to very good. December to March. 





