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8. Alexander. — The largest and handsomest 

 apple, nearly covered with bright red ; tree early 

 bearer and highly ornamental ; fruit rather coarse, 

 but is always in great demand on account of 

 its size and beauty. Ripens during October and 

 November. 



9. Fall Pippin.^-VeTj large, roundish ob- 

 long ; yellow, tender, rich,and delicious ; vigorous 

 grower and great bearer ; succeeds generally 

 everywhere. October to December. 



10. Oravenstein. — Large, pale rich yellow, 

 beautifully striped and splashed with bright red ; 

 flesh yellowish, crisp, tender, sub-acid, with a 

 rich aromatic flavor ; one of the best. September 

 to October. 



11. Ilawthornden. — Large, clear pale whitish 

 yellow, with a beautiful blush cheek ; a most 

 beautiful Scotch apple ; the earliest and greatest 

 bearer of any, owing to which the tree never 

 grows very large ; fruit very fair quality ; and 

 good for cooking. Ripens September to Decem- 

 ber. See remarks on Keswick Codlin. 



12. Ilawley. — Very large, yellow ; very tender; 

 rich, fine; excellent. September to October. 



13. St. Lawrence. — Very large, streaked with 

 red on a greenish yellow ground ; flesh white 

 and very tender, juicy, with a very rich aromatir 

 flavor ; a most beautiful and popular market 

 apple, and probably the best fall apple for Cana- 

 da. October. 



WINTER APPLES. 



14. Fameuse. — Known at the west as "Snow 

 Apple ;" medium size ; nearly covered with bright 

 crimson ; flesh pure white, tender, and most delici- 

 ous ; a well-known Canadian apple ; one of the 

 greatest bearers and best everywhere ; tree a fast 

 growjr, and very hardy. Ripens in October, 

 and ieeps till February. The most valuable 

 apple for Lower Canada. 



15. Baldwin. — Large, bright red, crisp, juicy, 

 fine, fair fruit ; a vigorous handsome grower ; 

 bears enormously every alternate year ; the most 

 popular appla for orchard planting and market. 

 This variety may prove too tender for Lower 

 Canada. November to March. 



16. BellejleuT Telloio. — Large, oblong, yellow, 

 tender, and juicy, but rather acid ; tree an early 

 and great bearer, and grows spreading and 

 rather pendulous. November to March. 



17. Esopus SpiUenburg. — Large, oblong, deep 

 led on a yellow ground ; flesh yellow, crisp, and 

 excellent ; esteemed one of the very best ; tree 

 of an irregular spreading habit. Nov. to April. 



18. nubbardgton Nomuch. — Large striped; 



yellow and red, with a good deal of russet ; 

 tender, juicy, and fine; good grower and great 

 bearer ; not so generally known as it should be. 

 November to January. 



19. Pomme Grise. — Small bright russet ; very 

 rich and high flavored ; very shy bearer, but 

 a strong, stocky grower, becoming one of the 

 largest trees in the orchard ; succeeds admirably 

 from Windsor to Quebec ; one of the best dessert 

 fruits grown ; will always command double the 

 price of any other apple in the MontreaJ market. 

 November to April. 



20. Jonathan. — Medium ; rather oblong ; yel- 

 low ground; nearly covered with s. brilliant 

 dark crimson ; a most beautiful apple ; tender, 

 juicy, and rich ; very productive ; a slender and 

 Irregular grower, but eventually becomes a large 

 tree. November to April. 



21. Melon. — Large, pale whitish yellow 

 ground ; much covered with broken stripes of 

 reddish purple, becoming a brilliant red in the 

 sun ; a beautiful and delicious fruit ; flesh very 

 tender ; probably the best winter apple ; tree 

 rather slow and weak grower ; for orchards it 

 should be worked standard height on some 

 strong free-growing variety. Nov. to March. 



22. Red Canada or Old Nomuch (Steel's Red 

 Winter of Michigan). — Medium size; yellow, 

 covered with bright red on sunny side with 

 whitish dots ; flesh yellow, crisp, tender, sweet, 

 and delicious ; tree a s'ow and slender grower, 

 and should be worked for orchard planting as 

 recommended for the Melon ; the most popular 

 apple in Michigan, where it is best known and 

 largely grown. Both it and the Melon are diflH- 

 cult to be procured, as they are unprofitable to 

 nurserymen on account of slow growth, and this 

 will be the case as long as all varieties command 

 the same price for same sized trees. Nov. to May. 



23. Rhode Island Greening. — Large, greenish 

 yellow when ripe, sometimes with a dull blush 

 on the sunny side; flesh yellowish, fine-grained, 

 and tender, rather acid, but excellent for dessert 

 or cooking, considered one of the most profita- 

 ble and standard orchard appples ; tree a strong, 

 but at first not a straight grower. December to 

 March. 



24. Wagener. — Medium to large, yellow, mostly 

 covered with deep bright red; flesh firm, subacid, 

 and excellent; tree a very early and most pro- 

 ductive bearer, owing tg whij:h, and its beauty, 

 it is exceedingly suitable for a Dwarf, or for 

 planting in the same way as Keswick Codlin 

 and Ilawthornden. December to Mav. 



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