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lemon -yellow on the shaded side, and with a bright red cheek on the 

 side next the sun ; a few russet dots, eye large and closed. Flesh 

 crisp, tender, juicy, and richly flavoured with a brisk acidity. 

 Not suitable for warm, dry localities. 



ESOPUS SPITZENBTJRG (New York), W. Tree an upright 

 grower, with long slender shoots ; healthy. Fruit keeps fairly, seeds 

 in a hollow core, large, oblong, tapering roundly to the eye ; skin 

 smooth, covered with rich, lively red, dotted with distinct yellowish 

 russet dots, and on shaded side yellowish ground with streaks and 

 broken stripes of red ; stalk rather long and slender ; eye small 

 and closed ; flesh yellow, rather firm, crisp, juicy, with a delicious 

 rich, brisk flavour; considered equal to the Newtown Pippin. 

 Bears well while young, but does not live very long unless well 

 cultivated and carefully sprayed to ward off the attacks of fungoid 

 diseases and of insects. Requires liberal manuring. Subject to 

 " bitter pit " disease. 



BEAUTY, W. Ripens early winter. Tree a good grower, 

 late bloomer, productive. Young wood, clear reddish brown, 

 slightly downy or grey. Fruit large, to very large, roundish, yellow, 

 shaded and striped with red, sprinkled with light dots. Flesh 

 yellowish, juicy, sprightly ; core rather large, fruit keeps late. Tree 

 bears early, subject to woolly aphis. Does well on deep, heavy 

 loam. 



MAIDEN'S BLTJSH, W. Ripens early winter. Tree of rapid 

 growth, with spreading head, and bearing large crop of fruit of medium 

 size, very regularly shaped. Skin of a delicate waxy appearance, 

 pale lemon yellow in the shade, with a bright crimson cheek next 

 the sun ; eye closed ; flesh white, tender, sprightly, pleasant, sub-acid. 

 Cultivated and admired for table, cooking, and market, and also for 

 drying. 



SCARLET NONPAREIL, W. A good English sort. Tree hardy on 

 well-drained soil (rather subject to woolly aphis), a good grower, 

 though slender in its habit, and a very good bearer. Fruit medium 

 sized, round, narrowing towards the apex, regularly shaped, should 

 be thinned out. Skin yellowish on the shaded side, streaked with pale 

 red, but covered with red, which is streaked with deeper red on 

 sunny side, and covered with patches of russet and large russety 

 specks. Flesh yellowish-white, firm, juicy, rich, and sugary. 



PRINCE ALFRED, W. A large, excellent dessert or cooking 

 apple, showy, much liked in Tasmania ; a good keeper. 



BLENHEIM ORANGE, W. Fruit, good size, globular, and some- 

 what flattened, broader at base than apex ; skin, yellow, with a 

 tinge of dull red and streaked with deeper red; eye, large and open 

 in a deep basin ; stalk, short and stout ; flesh, yellow, crisp, juicy ; 

 a fine culinary or dessert apple ; a strong grower ; bears little at first. 



NICKAJACK, W. Large, handsome, cooking or dessert apple ; 

 tree a strong grower and somewhat light bearer at first. 



