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THE APPLE. 



Mother Davis. 



From Pennsylvania. 



Fruit medium, roundish conical, whitisli yellow, shaded and ob- 

 scurely splashed with light red, many small and large light dots. 

 Stalk short. Calyx small, closed. Flesh fine, yellowish, tender, juicy, 

 sprightly, pleasant subacid. Good to very good. Core rather small. 

 November, December. 



Mountain Belle. 

 A native of Habersham Co., Ga. 



Fruit medium to large, oblate conical, orange ground, shaded and 

 striped with red. Stalk short. Cavity deep. Calyx medium. Flesh 

 white, hard, juicy, tough, subacid. Good. November to May. (White.) 



Mountain Sweet. 

 Mountaineer. 



From Pennsylvania. 



Fruit large, oblate, light yellow. Dots minute. Calyx small, closed. 

 Stalk short, slender. Flesh white, breaking, very tender, fine-grained, 

 juicy, sweet. Good to very good. December. (Warder.) 



Mouse Apple. 

 Moose Apple. 



Origin, Ulster Co., N. *Y. Tree vigorous and productive. 



Fruit, in weight, light ; in size, large, roundish, slightly conical, pale 

 greenish yellow, with a brownish blush on one side, and a few scattered, 

 russety gray dots. Flesh very white and fine-grained, moderately juicy, 

 delicate, faintly perfumed, mild subacid. Good. October, Novem- 

 ber. 



MuNSON Sweet. 

 Orange Sweet. Ray Apple. Meachem Sweet. 



Origin uncertain, probably Massachusetts. Tree vigorous, spreading, 

 an annual and abundant bearer. 



Fruit medium, oblate, pale yellow, sometimes with a blush. Stem 

 short. Cavity large. Calyx closed. Basin small. Flesh yellowish, 

 juicy, sweet. Good. September to February. 



Murphy. 



Baised by Mr. J). Murphy, of Salem, Mass. Tree moderate grower, 

 spreading, tolerably productive. 



Fruit pretty large, roundish, pale red, streaked with darker red, and 

 marked with blotches of the same color. Flesh white, tender, with an 

 agreeable flavor. Good. November to February. 



Muscat Beinette. 

 Eeinette Musquee. 

 A new German Apple, said to be superior. 



