THE APPLE. 



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Fruit large to vcr_y large, roundish, truncated, nearly regular 

 sometimes unequal; surface clear rich yellow, overlaiil «ith whitisli; 

 dots obscure, numerous, ^yllite, minute, suffused, a few large russet 

 dots; cavity deep, narrow, acute, lined with stellate russet; stem short; 

 basin abrupt, wavy, medium; calj'x open; segments divergent, long, 

 pointed. Core open, ataxile, wide, flattened; cells round, slit; tube 

 funnel-shaped' stamens median; seeds i)lump; flesh yello\\ish, with 

 vdlow veinings, juicy, cris|i, sjirightly, spicy, subacid, very good. 

 Winter. 



Northern Spy. — Originated about L'~iO0 in East Woomheld, near 

 Kochester, Xew York; tree blooms late and is of rapid uiiright growth, 

 spreading with age, not an early bearer but productive when old, needs 

 high culture and pruning to admit the sun and air to the fruit. 



Northern Spy. 



Fruit large; form roundish, oblate, conical, obscurely angular; 

 surface smooth, greenish yellow, thinly covered with light and dark 

 purplish red overlaid with a thin whitish l.iloom; dots, obscm-e, t\'w, 



