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delicious fruit." Size medium; form roundish ; color deep 

 glossy red, striped with splashes of a lighter hue ; flesh yel- 

 lowish white, fine, crisp, juicy, vinous, subacid, sprightly, and 

 delicious. Ripe from October to May. 



KiNGSLEY. — A new variety described and figured in the 

 Report of the iSorth American Pomological Convention, at 

 Syracuse, by Dr. H. Wendell, of Albany. It is a fine, late 

 keeping apple, " as fresh and free from defect on the 10th of 

 June, as when taken from the tree," It originated on the 

 farm of Mr. Kingsley, Pittsford, Monroe county, N. Y., and 

 the original tree produced thirty bushels of fruit in 1848. 

 Size medium ; form nearly globular ; color dark yellow, with 

 pink stripes and splashes, which diverge in every direction 

 from the stem end ; Fesh fine, melting, with a pleasant sub- 

 acid, rich, and abundant juice. Ripe from November to 

 July. 



Summer Bellflower. — A seedling produced by Mr. J. R. 

 Comstock, of Washington, Dutchess county, N. Y., who 

 informs us that it was raised from seeds of the Esopus 

 Spitzenberg. It first fruited about five years ago. The tree 

 is a vigorous grower, and has borne a good crop every year. 

 In general form it nearly resembles the Williams' but the 

 skin is of a fine, clear yellow ; flesh white, fine, and tender, 

 with rich subacid, high-flavored, and abundant juice. Ripe 

 in August. 



Beef-steak. — A very superior autumn apple was sent to us, 

 in 1848, under this name, which proved such a hearty mouth- 

 ful, that we have not ventured to suggest an alteration of 

 its " inelegant" title, as it may be considered by some 

 pomologists. It originated in Wilmington, Mass., very near 

 the spot where the Baldwin sprung up from seed ; and is as 

 superior as a fall apple, as the former is as a winter one. In 

 size it is about medium ; of roundish form, with a yellow 

 skin, nearly, or quite covered with brilliant red, in stripes and 

 splashes; flesh yellowish, fine, crisp, and tender; with a 

 peculiarly high-flavored, rich, and abundant juice. Ripe in 

 October and November. 



