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Fall "Wine. Color, rich red, green^ at stem ; form, 

 rounded, flattened ; size, 2 ; nse, fine table ; quality, 2 ; 

 season, September to October. 



Eemarks. — This is distinct from the "Wine Apple. 

 (See Appendix, 37.) 



Father Abraham, from St. Louis. 



Eemarks. — "Wood-thrifty, but thorny. Fruit, good ; 

 form, conical ; color, yellow, with a red side ; flavor, high ; 

 a good keeper." Fruits of Missouri, by Thomas Allen, of 

 St. Louis. " A fine table apple. Little known." — Trans. 

 Ohio Pom. Society. Exhibited at Cincinnati, at the Horti- 

 cultural Society Fair in 1843. It was then and there 

 regarded valuable. It is not a great bearer, but regular. 

 Of fenoullet fiavor, which becomes rather tiresome, though 

 agreeable at first. 



Fametjse, or Pomme de Neige, or Snow Apple. Color, 

 crimson red, with a greenish yellow; form, round; size, 

 2 ; use, table and kitchen ; quality, 2 ; season, September 

 and October to December. 



Eemarks. — Of uncommon beauty. Flesh, snowy white, 

 tender and delicious. Succeeds best in the North. A 

 most delicate Canadian or Northern Winter fruit, but 

 with us a Fall ajpple, veryprolific, beautiful, delicate flesh, 

 juicy. Cooks well. It is also an early Winter fruit. 



Father Apple, Size, 2 ; use, kitchen, 



Eemarks.— From West Bloomfield, Ontario county, 

 New York. Not yet tested in this locality. J. E. Watts, 

 Esq., of Eochester, says the Father Apple is worth its 

 weight in gold. It makes a fine sauce without sugar, and 

 cooks well. 



Father Abraham. Color, red, little yellow, spots and 



