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dark, spotted, erect, stout. To afford fine frait, the trge must be kept 

 thrifty by good cultivation. A native of East Bloomfield, New York 



Spitzenbnrgli, Esopns. — Rather large, round-ovate, slightly conical; 

 surface a high, rich red, rather obscurely striped ; stalk three-fourths of 

 an inch long, rather slender ; basin shallow, slightly furrowed ; flesh 

 yellow, firm, crisp, spicy, rather acid, nearly unequaled in its high, rich 

 flavor. Keeps through the winter. Shoots ascending and erect, rather 

 slender, leaves crenate. Usually a moderate bearer. Succeeds best in 

 New York, its native state. 



Yellow Newtown Pippin.^Medium, or rather large, roundish, slightly 

 oblong and oblique, more or less flattened ; yellow, with a brownish-red 

 cheek, purplish before ripe; stalk very short; flesh firm, crisp, with a 

 rich, mild flavor. Closely resembles the green Newtown pippin, and 

 believed by many to be identical, differing only by a warmer exposure. 

 It is fairer in some localities than the green, but is usually inferior to it 

 in flavor. The growth of the two varieties is only distinguished in the 

 large trees. 



Bailey Sweet. — {Syn. Patterson sweet, Edgerly sweet.) Large, regu- 

 lar-ovate, often slightly and sometimes considerably ribbed ; the whole 

 surface frequently a full bright red, in small, broken, indistinct stripes 

 and dots, on light ground ; stalk slender, one inch long ; cavity small, 

 narrow, slightly ribbed; basin small, plaited; flesh very tender, not 

 juicy; a pure, mild, rich, sweet; fine. Early winter. Origin, Perry, 

 Wyoming county, New York. New. 



Tallmail Sweeting. — {Syn, Tohnan's sweeting.) Medium or rather 

 large, roundish oblate, slightly conical ; clear light yellow, with a clear 

 brownish line from stalk to apex ; stalk nearly an inch long ; calyx in a 

 distinct, slightly wrinkled basin; flesh white, firm, rich, very sweet. 

 Excellent for winter baking. Keeps into spring. Young tree vigorous, 

 upright, shoots becoming spreading ; leaves wavy. Productive. 



Ladies' Sweeting. — ^Rather large, roundish ovate, apex narrow ; striped 

 with red on pale yellowish-green ground, a nearly uniform shade of fine 

 red to the sun ; faintly marbled or clouded with white over the red ; 

 ani, cavity faintly rayed with white; stalk short, cavity small; calyx 

 and basin small; tender, juicy, agreeable, fine, rich. 



Sweet Basset. — ^Large, ovate-conical, largest at middle, tapering slightly 

 to base, and much narrowed to apex; green becoming yellow, with 

 patches of russet ; stalk one-half to an inch long, cavity narrow ; basin 

 narrow, uneven ; flesh tender, rather spongy, with a good and quite 

 sweet flavor. Fair and productive. Considerably cultivated in western 

 New York and elsewhere. Early winter. 



THE SIX BEST WINTER AFPIES recommended by the Ohio Pomo- 

 logical Society in 1857, are Rhode Island greening, Rambo, Esopus Spit- 

 zenburgh, Roxbury russet, Baldwin, yellow bell-flower. 



FRUIT FOR THE WEST.— Twenty Best Apples for an Orchard of 100 

 Trees. — Snnuner Apples. — Five red June, two sops-of-wine, five summer 

 Permock, three red Astrachan, two Cooper's early white, two Leicester 

 sweeting. 



Fall Apples.— Three Tompkins, five Snow, two fall wia% three Haw- 

 ley, two sweet wine, two cloth of goldi 



