Select Varieties of Apples. 



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XLI. Duchess of Oldenburgh. 



1842. 



Hort. Soc. Cat., 3d Ed. 



Mr. Manning, we believe, first fruited the Duchess of 

 Oldenburgh, (Jig. 34,) and gave a brief account of it in his 

 Book of Fruits. Since then it has been considerably dis- 

 seminated, and though yet far from being common, is to be 

 found in many fine collections of fruit. It is said to be of 

 Russian origin, having somewhat the character of the Red 



Fig. 34^. Duchess of Oldenburgh. 



Astrachan, exceedingly beautiful, covered with a delicate 

 bloom, and possessing the same subacid flavor, and crisp 

 flesh. It is an excellent bearer, and will hold a prominent 

 place among our August and September apples. 



Size, medium, about three inches broad, and two and a 

 half deep : Form, roundish oblate, somewhat flattened at 

 each end, and very indistinctly ribbed around the crown : 

 Skin, fair, smooth, clear lemon yellow, very distinctly 

 splashed, and striped with deep brilliant red, palest on the 

 shady side, and covered with a whitish bloom : Stem, me- 

 dium length, about three quarters of an inch long, rather 



