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THE APPLE. 



Long's Red Wintee. 



H. R. Robey, of Fredericksburg, says this was found in the forest 

 about fifteen miles from that place. 



Fruit medium to large, roundish oblate, yellow, striped and splashed 

 with bright red, sprinkled with a few brown dots. Flesh yellowish, 

 tender, juicy, crisp, subacid. Good to very good. December to Feb- 

 ruary. 



Long Start. 

 Westmoreland Longstart. 

 An English culinary Apple. 



Fruit medium, roundish, yellow, mostly overspread and streaked 

 with red. Flesh white, crisp, tender, pleasant subacid. October, De- 

 cember. 



Long Stem. 



There are four distinct Apples under this name, easily distinguished 

 by the wood of the young shoots. 



The Long Stem of Connecticut is, perhaps, the oldest variety. The 

 young shoots are dull reddish brown, somewhat downy, with prominent 

 rounded, flattened buds. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate, yellow, with greenish dots, and 

 small patches of russet. Calyx small, in a small basin. Flesh yellow, 

 fine-grained, somewhat spicy, sweet, and rich. Good. September to 

 J anuary. 



The Long Stem of Massachusetts has rather slender young shoots of 

 reddish brown, somewhat grayish, and slightly downy, with small clear 

 red buds. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate, yellow, with a slight blush in the 

 sun, moderately sprinkled with light and gray dots. Calyx medium, 

 closed. Flesh yellowish, tender, juicy, sprightly subacid, aromatic. 

 Good. October, February. 



The Long Stem of Pennsylvania has yoimg shoots, of a yellowish 

 brown, with very small short buds. 



Fruit medium or below, roundish, inclining to oblong, truncated, 

 yellowish, shaded, splashed, and striped with red mostly over the whole 

 surface, many small light and gray dots. Stalk long, slender, curved, 

 with bracts. Calyx closed. Segments a little recurved. Basin corru- 

 gated. Flesh whitish, crisp, tender, mild subacid, slightly aromatic. 

 Good to very good. November to February. 



The Long Stem of Kentucky has reddish grayish brown young 

 wood, slightly downy, with short, round, flattened buds. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate, greenish, shaded, mottled, and 

 rather indistinctly splashed and striped over all with dull dark red, and 

 with many large light gray dots. Flesh greenish white, rather compact, 

 mild, almost sweet, subacid. Core small. Good to very good. Decem- 

 ber to March. 



Longville's Kernel. 

 Sam's Crab. 



English. Fruit rather below medium size, oval, rather flattened. 



