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inated with Major Samuel McMahau, of Chillisquage, North- 

 umberland County. Size large ; roundish ; red, sometimes 

 blended with yellow on the shaded side ; stem variable in 

 length, of medium thickness ; cavity rather wide, moderately 

 deep ; basin uneven, shallow ; flesh yellowish, crisp ; flavor 

 pleasant, agreeably saccharine, and resembles, in some meas- 

 ure, that of the Carthouse, to which, however, it is superior ; 

 quality ^'- very good.'''' — These two were received from H. R. 

 Noll, of Lewisburg, Union County, Pa. 



The Heplei'. — A seedling, from the garden of Mr. Hepler, 

 of Reading. Size under medium ; oblate, inclining to con- 

 ical ; handsome, waxen yellow ; stem rather long and slen- 

 der ; cavity wide, deep, acuminate, and considerably rus- 

 seted ; basin contracted, moderately deep, irregular, furrowed ; 

 flesh rather dry, but of pleasant flavor; quality ^^ good.'" 



The Zieber. — ^A seedling, from the premises of Mr. Sam- 

 uel Zieber, of Reading. Size below medium ; roundish ; 

 waxen yellow, with a striped red cheek and a cicatrix on one 

 side, extending from the base half way to the calyx ; stem 

 broken off"; cavity slightly russeted, moderately deep, and 

 very narrow, with a small protuberance projecting into it ; 

 calyx small ; basin narrow, rather deep ; flesh somewhat dry, 

 but pleasantly flavored ; quality ^^ good.^^ 



The Never smk. — A seedling, found last autumn, growing 

 among the brush on the side of the Neversink mountain, in 

 Berks County, Pennsylvania. Though not five feet high 

 when discovered, its branches contained two bushels of apples 

 of most attractive appearance. Fruit large ; roundish ; exte- 

 rior of an exceedingly beautiful waxen orange yellow color, 

 with a few russet dots, and a delicately striped and richly 

 mottled carmine cheek ; stem very short and rather stout • 

 cavity narrow, acuminate, shallow ; calyx large ; basin deep, 

 rather Avide, furrowed ; seed greyish yellow, acute-ovate ; 

 flesh yellowish, somewhat tough, owing probably to the fruit 

 being much shrivelled ; flavor approaching that of the i)ine 

 apple ; quality " very good." 



The Marks. — A seedling apple, from the premises of Mr. 

 Marks, of Berks Countj^, Pennsylvania. Size medium ; round- 



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