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are grown. It is a good cooking apple, tho.ugh not of the highest 

 quality for dessert ; from its attractive appearance and very good 

 quality, it is exceedingly popular in market. It can be highly 

 recommended throughout the State. Tree an early and abundant 

 bearer. 



Large Yellow Bough. Commonly known as Sweet Bough. 

 Size large when fully grown, oblong ovate. Skin pale yellow, 

 sometimes a slight blush in the sun. Flesh white, tender, juicy, 

 sweet, and rich, if full grown and ripe. Owing to the habit of 

 premature falling from the tree, and also to the fact that it is one 

 of the earliest sweet apples we have, it seldom remains upon the 

 tree till fully ripe ; and unless it does the flavor is not up to a high 

 standard. Good for baking. Tree of moderate vigor and produc- 

 tiveness. August. 



Sops op Wine. The apple extensively grown in many sections 

 of the State under the name of BeWs Early, is believed to be iden- 

 tical with the Sops of Wine of Downing. Of mediiim size, round- 

 ish ovate. Skin red, with dull, deep red in the sun. Flesh white, 

 sometimes stained next the skin, not very juicy ; mild, pleasant 

 sub-acid. Tree hardy, a rapid grower and good bearer. Last of 

 August to middle of September. 



This apple is grown to a considerable extent, and everywhere 

 gives good satisfaction. Its flesh is not quite crisp enough, nor 

 its flavor sufficiently sprightly to class it of the highest quality, 

 yet from its high color it is popular in market ; and as a dessert 

 fruit suits the taste of those who admire sub-acid fruit. An old 

 European variety. 



Williams' Favorite. A large, handsome, and very popular 

 market apple, of fair quality, ripening through August and Sep- 

 tember. Always commands a high price when well grown. 

 Oblong, smooth, red, covered mostly with darker red or deep 

 crimson. Flesh white, sometimes a little stained with red ; of mild 

 and agreeable flavor. The tree is very hardy and productive. 

 #Need8 a strong rich soil. It is a moderate and ill-shaped grower 

 in the nursery, but forms a large tree in the orchard, with a wide 

 spreading top. Fruit somewhat larger than the. /Sops of Wine, and 

 ripening about the same time. Origin — Roxbury, Mass. 



Tetofskt. Fruit medium to small, oblate conic, sometimes nearly 

 round, smooth, with a yellow ground handsomely striped with red 

 and covered with a whitish bloom, under which is a shining skin. 



