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desirable dessert apple : from August to October ; tree very 

 productive. 



Summer Pippin, Pie Apple. This fruit, in size and shape, 

 resembles the Fall Pippin ; it differs in having a little more red 

 on the sunny side, and in arriving at maturity about a fortnight 

 earlier. It is a very popular apple in New Jersey. 



Summer Queen. A large oblong apple, striped with red on 

 a yellow ground ; the flesh is yellow, very high flavored, and 

 excellent. The tree is of vigorous growth, says Mr. Manning, 

 a great bearer, and ripens its fruit in August. 



Summer Rose, Harvest Apple. A very beautiful and excel- 

 lent iruit, of moderate size and roundish form ; the skin is 

 yellow, striped and mottled with red ; the flesh is sweet, juicy, 

 and fine : in July and August ; tree a great bearer. 



Williams's Early, Williams's Favorite Red. This apple 

 originated in Roxbury, Mass. ; it is of medium size ; oblong 

 form ; the sMn a bright and deep red ; the flavor pleasant and 

 agreeable. The tree is a great bearer, and its fruit commands 

 a good price in the Boston markets : in August and Sep- 

 tember. 



Beauty of Kent. Fruit very large, rounilish, but flat at 

 the base ; skin smooth, greenish-yellow, with stripes of pur- 

 plish-red ; flesh juicy, crisp, and tender, with an agreeable sub 

 acid flavor : in October and November. 



Canadian Reinette, Beinette dvt, Canada blanche, Portugal 

 Apple, Grosse Beinette d' Angleterre, Pomme du Caen, Mela 

 Janurea. Fruit large, broad, and flat ; skin greenish-yellow, 

 tinged with brown ; flesh yellowish-white, firm, juicy, and of a 

 high sub-acid flavor : from December to March. 



Chandler. A native winter fruit of Pomfret, Connecticut. 

 Large, roundish, slightly flattened ; skin thickly streaked with 

 dull red on a greenish-yellow ground with grey dots ; flesh 

 greenish-white, tender, juicy, and rich. 



Court of Wick Pippin, Fry's Pippin, Golden Drop, 

 Wood^s Transparent Pi'ppin, Phillips' Beinette, Knightwick 

 Pippin. An English winter variety, well adapted for Canada. 



