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ish, tapering slightly to the crown, and somewhat angular ; 

 yellowish white, with a few russet dots, and nearly covered 

 with a faint orange blush ; stem half an inch long, a twelfth 

 of an inch thick ; cavity narrow, deep, acuminate ; calyx 

 small, closed ; basin narrow, rather deep, slightly russeted ; 

 seed yellowish gray ; flesh whitish, tender, fine texture ; 

 flavor delicately perfumed ; quality " very good,''' if not " 6es^." 



The Pfeiffer. — A seedling, of Spring Township, Berks 

 County, Pennsylvania. Size below medium ; roundish ; 

 sparsely streaked with red, on a yellowish green ground, on 

 the shaded parts, the streaks being more numerous, and on 

 a fawn colored ground, on the side exposed to the sun ; stem 

 broken off" in all the specimens, slender, inserted in a narrow, 

 superficial cavity ; calyx rather large ; basin wide, moderately 

 deep, plaited ; specimens evidently unripe. The Pfeiffer is 

 represented as being a very late keeping variety, — the period 

 of maturity extending to July. — The last five received from 

 Charles Kessler, of Reading. 



The York Imperial, or Johnsori's Fine Winter. — This 

 apple is believed to be a native of York County, Pennsylva- 

 nia. Size rather below medium ; truncated-oval, angular ; 

 the unexposed side is mottled and striped, so as to present a 

 greyish red aspect on a greenish yellow ground, and on the 

 sunny side the color is a dull crimson ; stem short and mod- 

 erately stout ; cavity wide, and rather deep ; calyx small, 

 closed, and set in a deep, wide, plaited basin ; flesh greenish 

 white, tender, crisp, juicy ; flavor pleasant and agreeably sac- 

 charine ; quality at least ^' good,^' to many tastes '^ very 

 good.'' — Received from D. Miller, Jr., of Carlisle. 



The Jenkins. — A native apple of Montgomery County, 

 Pennsylvania, which originated with Mr. John M. Jenkins, 

 of Hatfield Township, near Montgomery Square. Fruit 

 small ; roundish-ovate ; red, interspersed with numerous large 

 white dots, on a yellowish ground ; stem more than half an 

 inch long, slender ; cavity deep, rather wide, sometimes rus- 

 seted ; calyx closed ; basin deep, open, furrowed ; core above 

 medium ; seed greyish brown, acute-ovate ; flesh white, ten- 

 der, fine texture, juicy ; flavor agreeably saccharine, exceed- 



