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very beautiful. Mr. R. Clarke, a good and large fruit- 

 grower, likes this apple. He gets a good price for it in 

 market. This apple is generally called medium, but we 

 have them ten inches in circumference: we call that 

 large.. They are pei-fectly sound, now (February 6), and 

 we think they may be called a Winter apj)le in this 

 climate, although fit to eat in October. Juicy, and fihe" 

 flavored, but the tcxtiire is so fine as to require considera- 

 ble mastication, until very ripe. Its beauty makes it sell 

 well. It is a full bearer, evcrj' year, if well trea,ted. It 

 is of a pale, waxy yellow, with a fine blush on the sunny 

 sid«, with crimson dots or marbleing; regularly formed; 

 rarely' conical. 



Maclean's Favorite. Color, yellow ; form, roundish ; 

 size, 2 ; use, table and kitchen ; quality, 2 ; season, October 

 to January. 



Eemaeks. — A new English apple. Tree, moderately 

 vigorous, and a good bearer. ISTot yet tested here. Fla- 

 vor, like the jSTewtown Pippin, rich, and crisp in texture. 

 Said to be an excellent fruit where it succeeds. 



McLelan. Color, strij)ed red ; form, round ; size, 2 ; 

 use, table : quality, 2 ; season, November to March. 



Eemarks. — This is described and recommended in the 

 Jlortieullurist, now conducted by E. Pearsall Smith, Phila- 

 delphia, the chief horticultural periodical in the Union, as 

 follows : "A beautiful and excellent dessert apple, regular 

 in form ; flesh, white, fine grained, very tender and juicy, 

 sprightly, mild, hardly sub-acid." (See Appendix, 49.) 



Maiden's Blush. Color, whitish, blushed, or red 

 cheeked — rather a lemon yellow, with a most beautiful 

 blush ; form, flattish ; use, table and kitchen ; quality, 2 to 

 1 ; season, August to October. 



