THE APPLE. 3] 
Gravenstein. 
Ripens with us in September and October, but will keep a month 
longer. The trees are very thrifty, strong growers, and bear 
young. . 
Green SwEEt. 
Honey Greening. 
Tree, vigorous and productive. Fruit medium, somewhat 
conic. Skin green, sometimes becoming a little yellow at matu- 
rity, covered with greenish or light russet dots. Stalk of medium 
* length. Cavity rather deep, covered with russet; basin shallow 
and abrupt, somewhat furrowed. Flesh whitish, tender, juicy, 
sweet, with a vinous, refreshing flavour. December to March. 
Hatt. 
Hall’s Seedling. 
Hall’s Red. 
Jenny Seedling. 
Origin on the grounds of Mr. Hall, Franklin county, North 
Carolina, Tree of moderate growth, hardy, upright, with long, 
slender, reddish branches, and remarkably firm wood. The tree 
never attains a very large size; is very productive, and is con- 
sidered in North Carolina the best long-keeping dessert apple 
they cultivate. We are indebted to G. W. Johnson, of Milton, 
North Carolina, for specimens, pistory, &c. He says an old 
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