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Lancaster. — A good fruit; size above medium; color 

 greenish yellow, with a blush next the sun ; brown dots 

 over the surface; flesh white, crisp, juicy and rather aro- 

 matic; stem short and planted in a deep cavity; eye small 

 and moderately sunk ; a good keeper till April. Presented 

 by Mr. Jackson, under the name of Lancaster. 



Gennet'ui or Neverfail. — "A fruit of superior merit, highly 

 deserving of cultivation." Color striped; flesh white, fine, 

 tender, juicy, rich and excellent. Keeps till June. A let- 

 ter to us from C. W. Elliott, states that the Gennetin 

 shows its leaves and flowers two weeks later than the 

 common varieties. So far as its origin has been traced, it 

 is supposed to be a native of Virginia. 



Raritan Sweet. — Supposed to have originated in New 

 Jersey. The size is small; color yellow, approaching to 

 orange, slightly tinged with red next the sun, clouded with 

 dark spots over the surface; flesh yellow, melting, sweet, 

 and pleasant; form oblong, smallest at the blossom end, 

 which is slightly planted in a moderate indentation. A 

 good keeper until April. 



Whiteioaier Siveet. — A seedling raised by Mr. Ira Sher- 

 man, Jr., of Whitewater village, Ohio, from seed brought 

 from Wabash. Size medium; form round; eye slightly 

 sunk; stem small and short, planted in a moderately deep 

 cavity; color bright yellow, with dark spots over the sur- 

 face ; flesh yellowish, firm, juicy, sweet, particularly 

 pleasant and high flavored. Keeps well till May. 



Osceola. — A seedling of superior merit, which originated 

 in Indiana. Size above the medium : shape somewhat flat; 

 remarkable for having the stem — which is long — sunk in a 

 deep cavity, running almost to the core; eye also in a deep 

 indentation ; it is four inches in diameter, three in depth, 

 and only one between the insertion of the stem and eye ; 

 color yellow, beautifully striped with red, and dotted nu- 

 merously with dark spots over the surface; flesh yellowish 

 juicy, sub-acid, rich and fine flavored. Keeps till May. 



Pryor's Red. — An apple famous with good judges in In- 

 diana. It is late coming into bearing, a good bearer, fruit 

 decidedly a first rate winter apple, medium size, the tree a 

 clean grower and very upright. This is the description 

 given of it by our correspondent, the Rev. Mr. Beecher, in 

 a letter to the Cincinnati Horticultural Society. 



Cannon. — Size three and a half inches in diameter and 



