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county, Ohio." — Trans. Ohio Pom. Socwiy. Good for 

 baking. Flesh firm, rather dry. 



MYEE'S NONPAEEIL. Color, red and yellow; form, 

 flat, roundish ; size,^l to 2 ; use, table ; quality, 1 ; season, 

 September to December. 



Eemarks. — ^A very handsome apple. '• Ohio Nonpareil, 

 of Eastern Ohio, handsome and good." — Trans. Ohio Pom. 

 Society. Pronounced by the Cincinnati Horticultural 

 Society, " The best apple of its season. Better than the 

 best." Strongly recommended, also, by Dr. Warder, 

 President of Society for 1857. 



Mouse Apple. Color, pale greenish yellow, brownish 

 blush in sun, russet dots ; form, roundish conical ; size, 

 1 ; use, table ; quality, 2 ; season, November to February. 



Eemarks. — Sometimes called Moose. Flesh, faintly 

 perfumed. " Very good." — Trans. Ohio Pom. Society. A 

 New York Fruit. 



Mother. Color, yellow, mostly overspread, marbled 

 and striped, with shades of dark red, a few russet dots ; 

 form, roundish ovate ; size, 1 ; use, table ; quality, 2 ; 

 season, September to January. 



Eemarks. — Common near Indianapolis. Flesh, yellow- 

 ish, tender, spicy, sub-acid. " Very good." — Trans. Ohio 

 Pom. Society. 



Murphy. Color, red, striped ; form, conical ; size, 1 ; use, 

 hardly known ; quality, 3 ; season, October to February. 



Eemarks. — Unworthy of cultivation. " The more I 

 see of this beautiful fruit (from Northern Indiana), the 

 less do I esteem it." — Dr. J. A. Warder. 



MYEE'S APPLE, see May. 



