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DESCBIPTIONS OF APPLES. 



Cavity acute, sometimes lipped, wavy ; Stem long, slen- 

 der. 



Core small, oval, resiular, closed, just meeting the eye ; 

 Seeds small, very light colored ; Flesh greenish-yellow, 

 breaking, fine grained, tender, juicy ; Flavor sub-acid, rich, 

 aromatic ; Quality nearly first rate ; Use dessert ; Season 

 December and January, but is said to keep until May in 

 New York. 



Wliite printer Pearmain. 



This favorite fruit was brought to Indiana by some of 

 the eai-ly pomologists, in the days of saddle-bag transpor- 



150.^WHITE WINTER PEARMAIN. 



tation. In a lot of grafts, two varieties, having lost their 

 labels, were propagated and fruited witliout name. Being 

 considered Pearm.-un-shaped, they were called respectively 

 Red and White Winter Pearmains. Tlie former proved 

 to be the Esopus Spitzenberg ; the latter has never yet been 

 identified, though believed to be an old eastern variety. 

 Mr. Downing suggests that it may be WirUer Marvey, a 



