VARIETIES OF APPLE. 73 



fdly formed, even sized fruit, and is well worthy of a place in 

 every orchard. 



The apples are large, roundish, narrowing towards the eye, 

 so regular in outline that they could hardly be more symmetrical 

 had they been turned with a lathe. The ground color is yellowish, 

 irregularly striped with various shades of red, and often thinly 

 overspread with russet on the shaded side. The flesh is yellowish, 

 juicy, tender, blended sweet and acid, producing a very agreeable 

 flavor; quality, "very good." It ripens towards the end of 

 October, and keeps until January. This variety commands a 

 ready sale in the city markets, and we believe it would be profit- 

 able as a market variety, bearing in mind that it is not a late 

 keeper. 



Jbhset Swebtinq. — This is a very good sweet autumn variety, 

 and we are disposed to give it the preference over the other sweet 

 varieties ripening at that season. The tree is a vigorous, erect 

 grower in the nursery, but comes into bearing young, and does 

 not seem to become a large tree in the orchard. It is not suffi- 

 ciently hardy to be classed with the Snow Apple, Eed Astrachan 

 and Duchess of Oldenburgh in that respect ; but it flourishes 

 well in aU soils, and bears immense crops. 



The fruit is of medium size, with a thin, greenish yellow 

 skin, which is streaked with red, and in exposed specimens 

 nearly covered with a dull red. The flesh is yellowish white, 

 very fine grained and tender, abounding in juice, which is very 

 sweet, yet of a sprightly flavor; quality, " very good." It ripens 

 gradually from the early part of September tiU the middle or 

 end of October. It is valuable for aU purposes of a sweet apple. 



King of Tompkins County. — Not ranking with ouimost 

 hardy sorts, it nevertheless thrives well in the apple growing 

 sections of all the Provinces. It is a vigorous growing variety, 

 fo rmin g a large, spreading head, and bears good crops of fruit 

 every year. The fruit is large, yellowish, shaded with red and 

 striped with crimson ; flesh yellow, somewhat coarse grained, but 

 tender, juicy, with a very agreeable rich vinous flavor ; quality, 



