THE APPLE. 



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sandy soils, being a native of the banks of the Delaware. It is 

 also very popular at the West. 



Fruit of medium size, flat. Skin smooth, yellowish wt ite in 

 the shade, streaked and marbled with pale yellow and red in the 

 sun, and speckled with large rough dots. Stalk long, rather 

 slender, curved to one side, and deeply planted in a smooth, fun- 

 nel-like cavity. Calyx closed, set in a broad basin, which is 

 slightly plaited around it. Flesh greenish white, very tender, 

 with a rich, sprightly, sub-acid flavour. October to December. 



Red Russet, 



Origin, farm of Mr. Sanborn, Hampton Falls, N, H. Tree 

 very vigorous and productive. 



Fruit large, roundish, conic. Skin yellow, shaded with dull red 

 and deep carmine in the sun, and thickly covered with grey dots, 

 with a slight appearance of rough russet on most of the surface. 

 Stalk rather short and thick, inserted in a medium cavity, sur- 

 rounded with thin russet. Calyx nearly closed ; segments long, 

 recurved, in a narrow, uneven basin. Flesh yellow, solid, crisp, 

 tender, with an excellent, rich, sub-acid flavour, somewhat resem- 

 bling Baldwin. January to April. 



Eed Canada. 



Red Canada. 



Old Nonsuch, of Mass. 



Eichfield Nonsuch. 



Steels Red Winter, of Mich. 



An old fruit, formerly much grown in Connecticut and 



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