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small in a broad basin ; flesh yellowish white, with a very good 

 snb-acid flavor. A long keeper. 



Newark King. Size medium, conical ; skin smooth, red in streaks 

 on yellow ground ; flesh tender, rather rich, pleasant. Early win- 

 ter. Origin, New Jersey, 



New York Vandevere.* (Newtown Spitzenburgh, Ox Eye.) Me- 

 dium in size, round-oblate, regular ; color light red in indistinct 

 streaks on yellow ground, often a high red where exposed; dots 

 numerous ; stalk uniformly about half an inch long, cavity and 

 basin wide ; flesh lightyellow, with arich, mild, sub-acid, excellent 

 flavor. Early winter. Not always fair — succeeds best on light 

 soils. Shoots spotted ; leaves doubly serrate-crenate. New York. 



Nickajack.* (Summerour, Berry, Edwards, Carolina Spice, Red 

 Hazel.) Rather large, smooth, handsome, roundish, slightly ob- 

 long; splashed, striped, and mottled with deep red, and with large 

 .whitish spots; stalk short, deep set, basin moderate, rim obtuse, 

 calyx open; flesh yellow, rather firm, sub-acid, spicy, verygood. 

 Fig. 430. Keeps till spring. Growth irregular — a good bearer, 

 A standard Southern variety, and a good market sort in lower Ohio 

 valley. Georgia. 



Ftg. 431.— Recumbent. Fig. 432.— Anis. Fig. 433 Large Anis. 



Fig. 434.— Titus (Riga}. Fig. 435.— Mallett. Fig. 436.-Rambour Queen. 



Northern Spy.* Large, roundish-conical, often flattened, slightly 

 ribbed; handsomely striped with red; stalk and calyx deep set; 

 flavor rich, aromatic, mild sub-acid, fine. Keeps through winter 

 and late into spring; preserves its flavor remarkably fresh. 

 Shoots dark, spotted, erect, stout. A tardy bearer. To afford fine 

 fruit the tree must be kept thrifty by good cultivation. A native 

 of East Bloomfield. N. Y. Afruitof tlie highest quality, and profit- 

 able for market under proper cultivation, and with care in picking, 

 assorting, and packing. Succeeds throughout the North and 

 Northwest, but less valuable farther South. Fig. 439- 



Osceola. Size medium, roundish-oblate, angular; skin yellowish, 

 shaded and striped with red; stalk small; cavity large, russeted; 



