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November, and I have seen them in perfect condition in January. 

 In Kennebec county it is often heavily loaded with perfect fruit. 

 Not an early bearer, but a vigorous grower, and becomes a tree of 

 the largest size. An excellent dessert apple, and one of the best 

 known for cooking. 



Alexander. A very large, showy Eussian apple. Tree vigor- 

 ous and perfectly hardy, even to the extreme north ; and remark- 

 ably productive. Fruit regularly forrrted, oblate, conical. Skin 

 greenish yellow, streaked with red. Flesh yellowish white, coarse, 

 juicy, with rather acid flavor. Only good for cooking. Season 

 October, and a little later in the extreme north. Like all. Russian 

 apples the farther north it is grown the better the quality of fruit. 

 It can be highly recommended for the extreme northerly section 

 of the State where our varieties of a better quality do not succeed. 

 Some as fine samples as were ever grown in the State were on 

 exhibition at the meeting of the Board of Agriculture last October 

 at Orono, grown by J. S. Bennock of that town. The central and 

 southern sections of the State can do better to grow varieties of a 

 higher quality. 



Twenty Ounce. A very large and showy apple, extensively 

 grown in Cayuga, county, N. Y., but an old fruit from Connecti- 

 cut. Flesh coarse and not very high flavored, but its large size 

 and handsome appearance render it valuable in market. Fruit 

 always fair. Season, October and later. It cannot be very highly 

 recommended. Has been introduced with New York trees. 



vGarden Royal. Fruit small, roundish oblate, slightly conic. 

 Color greenish yellow, shaded, striped and splashed with rich red, 

 a little dull or grayish toward the stalk. Flesh yellow, very 

 tender, juicy, rich, mild sub-acid, aromatic. Quality, best. Sea- 

 son, October. An excellent dessert apple. It is grown quite 

 extensively for Portland market, where it always sells readily for 

 a high price. In other sections of the State not much grown. 

 Valuable for amateur collections. It is claimed by some to be 

 profitable to grow for market, on account of the high price it 

 bears. Moderate grower. Needs high cultivation. 



Gravenstein. The following description of this valuable variety 

 is copied from Mr. Goodale's Report, 1863: 



" This apple is more cosmopolitan than any other within my 

 knowledge. That local character which attaches to nearly all 



