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DBSCKIPnOXS OF APPLES. 



Fruit large, flattened-conic, irregular ; Surface emoothj 

 pale green or yellow. 



Basin shallow ; Eye medium, open. 

 . Cavity medium ; Stem stouti 



Flesh yellow, tender ; Flavor sub-acid ; Quality good ; 

 Season, " November to March," according to Mr. Sum- 

 mer, South Carolina. 



Bairrisoii. 



This famous Jersey cider apple, from Essex County in 

 that State, has been carried westward over a great extent 

 of territory, where it succeeds admirably well, and where 



FiS. 170.— HABBIBON. 



the necessities of the people have brought to light its good 

 properties for the kitchen as well as for the cider mill. 



Tree vigorous, large, spreading, productive. 



Fruit small, round-conical, somewhat angular and irreg- 

 ular; Surface not smooth, yellow, rarely blushed; fi^ 



