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concealed witli a marbling of red, and sprinkled with 

 prominent yellow dots ; calyx small, closed and set in a 

 narrow basin ; stalk very short, thick, in a deep, narrow- 

 cavity ; flesh yellowish white, tender, juicy, with a rich 

 slightly subacid flavor. The best apple I know of our 

 native fruits. Growth very +hrifty, and less infested with 

 aphis than many others. 



16. WaddeVs Hall or SJwckley. — Fruit, medium, roundish, 

 oblong, narrowing to the eye ; skin, yellow, clouded, and 

 striped with red, and with blotches of very dark-greenish 

 russet ; stalk long, slender, inserted in a deep, narrow 

 cavity ; calyx closed, set in a shallow basin ; flesh firm, 

 saccharine, of good second-rate flavor ; ripe in October, 

 and will keep till March. 



17. Limhertwig. — Fruit large, dull red ; flesh yellowish, 

 firm, not very high-flavored, but a good deal cultivated in 

 our up-country. The pendant branches give the tree its 

 name. Originated in Virginia. It keeps through the winter. 



The following additional varieties are described by Mr. 

 Van Buren, of Clarkesville, Ga., as very superior, and 

 most of them recommended by the Fruit Committee of 

 the Southern Central Agricultural Society. They are 

 now in the nurseries : — 



IS. Carnation. — Fruit medium size ; a delicious sub-acid 

 apple, fully first-rate ; dark-red, splashed with russet J 

 flesh white, brittle, and very juicy ; both the calyx and 

 stem are sunk in deep depressions ; no autumn apple is 

 superior ; ripe August 10th. 



19. Hugli's Crah. — Small size; green striped, and splashed 

 with dark red ; stem short, inserted in a moderate cavity ; 

 flesh sprightly, subacid, and good; a good bearer; ripe 

 August 10th. 



20. Batchelor or King. — Fruit of the largest size; roundish, 

 flattened a little, broader at the base ; skin lemon yellow, 



