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*Jonathan—Medium size; red and yellow; flesh tender, juicy and rich; a mod- 
erate grower; shoots light colored, slender and spreading; very productive. 
One of the best varieties either for table or market. November to March. 50 
cents each. 
King (of Tompkins County)—A superb red apple of the largest size and finest 
quality. Tree avgorous grower and good bearer; hardy. November to March. 
*Lady Apple (Pomme d’Api)—A beautiful little dessert fruit; flat, pale.yellow~ 
with a brilliant red cheek; flesh crisp, juicy and pleasant. The tree is a moder- 
ate grower, forms a dense, erect head, and bears large crops of fruit in clusters; 
the fruit sells for the highest price in New York and Philadelphia. November 
to May. [There are four or five varieties of these described, by authors, but 
this is the best.] 50 cents each. 
*Ladies’ Sweet—Large, roundish; green and red, nearly quite red in the sun; 
sweet, sprightly and perfumed; shoots slender but erect; a moderate grower and 
good bearer, originated in Newburgh, N. Y. One of the best winter sweet apples. 
Keeps well. November to May. 50 cents each. 
Lyman’s Pumpkin Sweet (Pound Sweet)—A very large, round, greenish 
apple, excellent for baking. Tree a free grower and productive. October to 
December. 2 
Monmouth Pippin (Red Cheek Pippin)—Large, greenish yellow, with a fine red 
cheek; juicy, tender and good. Tree a free grower and productive. Keeps 
well till March or April. 
Mother—Large; red; flesh very tender, rich and aromatic. Tree a moderate grower 
and good bearer. Succeeds well in the North; supposed to have originated in 
Worcester county, Mass. One of the best dessert apples. November to January. 
*Newtown Pippin—One of the most celebrated of American apples, on account 
of its long keeping and excellent qualities, and the high price it commands 
abroad; but its success is confined to certain districts and soils. It attains its 
greatest perfection on Long Island and the Hudson. Im Western New York 
and New England it rarely succeeds well. It requires rich and high culture, 
and it makes such a slow, feeble growth that it has to be top grafted upon a 
strong growing variety. November to June. 50 cents each. 
New York Pippin—See Ben Davis. 
Northern Spy—tLarge; striped, and quite covered on the sunny side with dark 
crimson, and delicately coated with bloom. Flesh juicy, rich, highly aromatic, 
retaining its freshness of flavor and appearance till July. The tree is a remark- 
ably rapid, erect grower, and a great bearer. Like all trees of the same habit, 
it requires good culture and an occasional thinning out of the branches, to 
admit the sun and air fully to the fruit. Both leaf and blossom buds open a 
week later than other varieties. One of the finest late keeping apples. 
*Peck’s Pleasant—Large; pale yellow, with brown cheek; very smooth and fair; 
flesh firm and rich, approaching the flavor of a Newtown Pippin. Keeps well. 
Tree a moderate, erect grower and good bearer. November to April. 50 cents 
each. 
+Pewaukee—Origin Pewaukee, Wis. Raised from the seed of the Duchess of 
Oldenburg. Fruit medium to large, roundish, oblate; skin bright yellow, 
striped and splashed with dark red; flesh white, tender, juicy, sub-acid. s- 
teemed especially for cold climates, on account of its hardiness. Tree vigorous. 
January to May. 30 cents each. 
Pomme Grise—Small, grayish russet;. very rich and highly flavored. Tree a 
moderate grower and good bearer; very valuable in the North; is frequently 
shipped from Canada to England. November to April. 
Rambo—Medium size; streaked and mottled yellow and red; tender, juicy, mild 
flavored. Tree a vigorous grower and good bearer. A widely cultivated and 
esteemed old variety. Autumn in the South; October to January in the North. 
Rawle’s Genet (Rawle’s Janet, Never Fail, etc.)—Medium to large size; yellow, 
striped with red; crisp, juicy, rich; a free grower; prolific bearer. One of the 
most popular winter apples in the South and Southwest. 
+Red Canada (Old Nonsuch of Massachusetts)—Medium size; red with white 
dots; flesh rich, sub-acid and delicious. Tree a moderate, slender grower. A 
superior fruit for table or market. November to May. 30 cents each. 
