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red, mottled with greyish russet, and interspersed with numerous large 

 grey dots with a russet point in the centre of each, yellowish green about 

 the crown ; stem, short, stout, fleshy, five-eighths of an inch long, and three 

 quarters thick, inserted in a wide, shallow, russetted cavity, with a pro- 

 minence on one side ; calyx, large, closed, set in a wide, rather shallow basin, 

 not mature. 



9. Unknown — -grown near Dixon, Illinois. Size, large, two and seven 

 sixteenths inches long, by three and three-sixteenths broad ; form, roundish 

 oblate, somewhat angular; color, beautifully striped with carmine on a yel- 

 lowish white ground ; stem, short, three-eighths of an inch long and one- 

 tenth thick, set in a deep, moderately open cavity ; calyx, closed, set in a 

 narrow, superficial basin. Not mature. 



10, Unknown — grown near Dixon, Illinois. Size, large, three inches 

 long, by three and one-half broad ; form, oblong truncate ; color, brown, on 

 greenish yellow ground, with a number of grey dots ; stem, half-inch long 

 and one-eighth thick, inserted in a rather deep cavity ; calyx, medium, set 

 in a deep, w r ide, furrowed basin. Not mature. 



13. Unknotvn — grown near Dixon, Illinois. Size, large, two and seven 

 eighths inches long, by three and three-eighths broad ; form, roundish con- 

 ical ; color, striped and mottled with red, on a greenish yellow ground, stem 5 

 short and slender, one-half inch long and one-eleventh thick, inserted in a 

 deep, narrow cavity ; calyx, small, partially reflexed, set in a narrow, 

 moderately deep, plaited basin. If the quality of this and the four proceed- 

 ing apples corresponds with the size and fine appearance of their exterior, 

 they should be w T idely disseminated. Perhaps our corresponding member, 

 Dr. Kennicott, or some of the Pomologists of Chicago, whence the trees 

 were obtained, can inform us what the varieties are. 



12. Labeled Limber Twig — a small, pleasant, greenish yellow apple from 

 Illinois, not true to name. 



13, and 14, also from Illinois, are small and not prepossessing in ap- 

 pearance. 



15. Vandiver— grown by Mrs. Kessler, of Reading. Specimens very 

 fine. This variety is chiefly prized for its culinary properties. In regard 

 to the orthography of its name, we would remark, that in Delaware, where 

 it originated, there is no family with the cognomen Vandervere, but there 

 are many of the inhabitants of Swedish descent, in that State, who write their 

 name Vandiver. 



16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 — were grown by David L. Wenrich, of Reading. 

 Most of these are sweet apples, of pleasant flavor. But their small size a 

 unaccompanied by an attractive exterior, impairs their value. 



Objects Shown. 



Plants. — By Thomas Fairley, foreman to R. Buist : — Six Pompone Chyrsan- 

 themums — Cybele, perfection, La NainjBebe, Madam Chauvjerii, Lartay, Veleda, 

 and six large kinds — Emilie Theresa, Queen, Julia Langdale, Henri Hulme, Mrs. 

 Cope, and Salter's Annie ; specimen pompone — Cybele ; specimen plant — Hoya 

 Cunninghamii ; and 36 varieties Chrysanthemums. 



