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tend'or, juicy, and of a sweet and pleasant flavor : ripens in 

 November, and will keep good tiU March. It is a very popu ; 

 lar apple in the Philadelphia markets. 



Pumpkin Sweet, BamsdelVs Red Pumphin Sweet. A beau- 

 tiful fruit, over medium size, round, inclined to oblong ; of a 

 dark red color, covered with dense blue bloom ; flesh tender, 

 rich, and sweet. It ripens in November, and keeps tillJanuary, 

 The trees bear prodigious crops. 



Rhode Island 'Gbeening. Fruit large and depressed; sMr 

 at maturity greenish yellow ; flesh slightly acid, and of the 

 finest flavor : ripens in November, and continues till April. A 

 most estimable apple for cooking as well as for the dessert. : 



EiBSTONE Pippin, Formosa Pippin, Traver's Apple, Glory 

 of York. Fruit of medium size, roundish, and partially, 

 depressed ; of a pale yellow color, tinged with red ; pulp 

 slightly acid, and of fine flavor : ripens in November, and con- 

 tinues till April. It is one of the most popular dessert apples 

 in England. 



RoxBUKT EussET, Boston Russet, Pineapple Russet. This 

 variety is cultivated extensively in Massachusetts for the Bos- 

 ton markets, and for exportation. The fruit is of medium 

 size ; of a fine yellow russet color, mixed with dull red ; flesh 

 white, juicy, rich, sub-acid, and excellent ; for use in winter, 

 and will keep till June. 



SwAAR Apple. A much celebrated winter table finiit in 

 some parts of New York and New Jersey ; it is a large apple 

 of uncommon flavor and richness ; skin of a greenish yellow, 

 tinged with blush. The tree is very productive, and highly 

 deserving cultivation in every collection of fine froiit. Good 

 till March. 



Yandeveee. An apple of medium size, the form flat ; skin 

 pale red, with rough yellowish blotches ; flesh yellow and ten- 

 der; juice plentiful, rich, and sprightly: from October till 

 January. 



Western Eusset, Putnam's Russet. This variety is ex- 

 tensively cultivated in Muskingum county, Ohio, where it ia 



