THE APPLE. 



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Mangum. 



Fall Cheese of Ya. Cheese. Seago. 



Gully. Carter of Ala. Maxfleld. 



Carter's Winter. Patton. Johnston's Favorite. 



Alabama Pearmain ? Sam Wingard. Blakely. 



A Southern variety of uncertain origin. It is extensively cultivated 

 South, where it is counted as one of the most desii^able and reliable 

 apples. Tree a good, fair grower, with young shoots of a grayish brown, 

 very productive. 



Fruit medium, oblate, slightly conic, yellowish, striped and mostly 

 shaded with red, thickly sprinkled with whitish and bronze dots. Stalk 

 short and small, inserted in a broad cavity surrounded by russet. Ca- 

 lyx partially closed. Basin slightly corrugated. Flesh yellow, very ten- 

 der, juicy, mild subacid. Yery good to best. October, November. 



Mank's Codlin. 



Irish Pitcher. Frith Pitcher. Irish Codlin. 



Eve of Scotland. Frith Pippin. 



An old English culinary Apple, long cultivated and esteemed here as 

 well as abroad for its productiveness, hardiness of tree, and early bear- 

 ing habit. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblong conical, one side of apex end higher 

 than the other, clear pale yellow, with a bronzed cheek in sun. Flesh 

 yellowish white, fine crisp, brisk subacid. Good. August to Novem- 

 ber. 



Mannington's Peaemain. 



Origin, Sussex, England. A dessert fruit of considerable esteem 

 abroad, and here fully sustains its foreign character. Tree hardy, and 

 early bearer. 



Fruit below medium, roundish conical, truncated, yellow, partially 

 russeted, shaded and splashed ^vith red, prominent, rough, light gray 

 dots. Flesh yellowish, crisp, tender, brisk subacid. Yery Good. Core 

 medium. October, December. 



Manomet. 



Horse Block. Manomet Sweet. 



Origin, Plymouth, Mass. Tree vigorous and productive. Young 

 shoots dark reddish brown. This is one of the finest of sweet apples, 

 esteemed highly wherever grown. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate, fine yellow, with a richly shaded cheek. 

 Stalk rather slender, inserted in a shallow cavity, slightly surrounded by 

 russet. Calyx closed. Basin shallow, corrugated. Flesh tender, juicy, 

 sweet, and rich. Yery good. Core small. August, September. 



Mansfield Busset. 



Brought into notice by Dr. Joseph Mansfield, of Groton, Mass. 

 Tree vigorous, upright, and very productive. 



