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THE APPLE. 



Fruit medium, roundish. Color light yellow, shaded with dull red. 

 riesh white, juicy, pleasant subacid. Good. December to April. 



Herefordshire Pearmain. 



Koyal Pearmain, of some. Parmin Eoyal. Old Pearmain. 

 Royale d'Angleterre. Parmin. 



An old and popular English Apple, about which, as connected with 

 other Pearmains, there is much confusion. The variety we have re- 

 ceived, and grown for many years, is of a strong, vigorous, sjDreading 

 growth. Young shoots dull grayish brown, slightly doAvny, moderately 

 strong. 



Fruit medium, roundish conical. Color yellow, shaded, splashed, 

 and marbled with dark red, and thickly sprinkled with conspicuous 

 light areole dots. Stalk short. Cavity medium, slight russet. Calyx 

 partially open. Basin rather abrupt, deep, corrugated. Flesh yellow- 

 ish, crisp, juicy, rich, slightly aromatic, subacid. Very good. Novem- 

 ber to February. 



Herman. 



Origin, farm of Mr. Herman, Cumberland Co., Pa. Tree vigorous 

 and spreading, quite prolific. 



Fruit medium, oblong conic, red striped on green ground. Flesh 

 greenish, tender, juicy, subacid. Good. November to February. 



There is also another Hermann^ which originated at Hermann, Mo., 

 from seed of Rawles Janet. Tree a fine grower, upright, and very 

 productive. 



Fruit medium, conical, bright red, with gray dots. Flesh whitish, 

 juicy, pleasant subacid. December to May. 



Hess. 



Origin, Lancaster Co., Pa. 



Fruit medium, form variable, sometimes roundish, often conical, 

 red, in stripes of different hues. Flesh greenish white, tender. Good. 

 December, February. 



Hetterich. 



Origin, Pennsylvania. Tree an irregular grower. 

 Fruit medium to large, roundish oblate, yellow. Flesh whitish, 

 tender, acid. Good. November, January. 



Hewe's Virginia Crab. 



Hughe's Virginia Crab. 



The Virginia Crab makes a very high-flavored dry cider, which, by 

 connoisseurs, is thought unsurpassed in flavor by any other, and retains 

 its soundness a long time. It is a prodigious bearer, and the tree is 

 very hardy, though of small size. 



