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moderate ; flesh greenish-white, rather granular, slightly crisp, with* a 

 good subacid flavor. Keeps late in spring. Large specimens become 

 conical, with short thick stalks ; small specimens are more flat, and with 

 longer and more slender stalks. Growth spreading, shoots downy. Al- 

 though not of the highest flavor, its productiveness, uniformly fair fruit, 

 and long keeping, render this variety one of the most profitable for 

 orchard culture. It succeeds well throughout the Northern states, but 

 partially fails in a few localities in Ohio. 



Eubbardston Nonesuch. — Large, round-ovate, largest at the middle, 

 nearly regular ; color with small broken stripes and numerous dots of 

 light rich red on a rich yellow ground ; stalk three-fourths to one inch 

 long; cavity acute, passeted; calyx open, basin ribbed ; flesh yellowish, 

 very rich, slightly subacid, with a strong mixture of a rich sweet; flavor 

 excellent. Early winter. Equal to the Swaar in richness, superior to 

 the Baldwin in flavor. Shoots rather slender; gray. A native of Hub- 

 bardston, Massachusetts. 



Wagener. — Medium or rather large, oblate, obscurely ribbed, shaded, 

 and indistinctly striped with pale red, and a full, deep red in the sun, on 

 warm yellow ground ; often streaked with russet ; stalk three-fourths of 

 an inch long, cavity wide, rather obtuse ; basin even, rather large ; flesh 

 yellowish, very fine-grained, tender, compact, mild, subacid, very aro-- 

 matic, excellent. Ripens through winter. A native of Penn Yan, New 

 York. New. 



Rhode-Island Gveening. — (Syn. greening.) — Large, roundish-oblate; 

 green, becoming greenish yellow, always fair, a dull brown blush to the 

 sun ; stalk three-fourths of an inch long ; basin rather small, often 

 slightly russpted ; flesh yellow — a rich yellow if much exposed to the 

 sun, and whitish-yellow or greenish-white if much shaded — tender, juicy, 

 with a rich, rather acid flavor. Growth strong, young trees crooked or 

 oblique, shoots rather spreading, leaves sharp serrate ; best on light soils; 

 very productive, single trees often yielding forty bushels of fair fruit in 

 favorable years, and neglected orchards five hundred bushels per acre. 

 Fine throughout the Northern states, where it keeps through winter 

 into spring; but fails, from a deficiency in the soil, tl;irough most p^ts 

 of central and southern Ohio ; and at Cincinnati and St. Louis becomes 

 an autumn fruit. 



Red Canada. — (Syn. nonesuch, old nonesuch of Massachusetts, Rich- 

 field nonesuch of Ohio.) — Medium in size, roundish-conical, regular ; 

 nearly the whole surface covered with red, and interspersed with large 

 and rather indistinct whitish dots ; stalk about an inch long, in a very 

 wide and even cavity ; basin nearly even, moderate ; flesh flire-grained, 

 compact, with a rich subacid, high, and excellent flavor. Keeps through 

 winter. Shoots rather slender, leaves wavy.. Productive; fruit smooth 

 and fair. Succeeds equally in New England, New York, and Ohio. This 

 is wholly distinct from the nonesuch of England, to prevent confusion 

 with which the name Red Canada is preferred. 



Northern Spy. — Large, roundish, slightly conical, often flattened, some- 

 times slightly ribbed, handsomely striped with red; stalk and calyx 

 deep set ; fla^r mild agreeable, mild subacid, fine. Keeps through 

 winter and late into spring; preserves its flavor remarkably fresh. Shoots 



