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THE APPLE. 



Needle. 



Supposed an old English Apple, not yet identified. 



Fruit below medium, roundish oblate, greenish yellow, with small 

 brown dots. Stalk short. Calyx closed. Mesh white, juicy, mild, 

 pleasant subacid. Core small. Good. December, January. 



Neisley Bellflower. 

 Neasley Bellflower. 



From Salem, Columbiana Co., O. Tree rather upright, vigorous. 



Fruit medium to large, roundish oblate, pale whitish yellow, shaded, 

 splashed, and striped with light and dark red, few light and gray dots. 

 Stalk short. Calyx open. Flesh yellowish, moderately juicy, mild 

 subacid. Good. Core small and close. December to March. 



Nelson. 



Origin unknown. 



Fruit medium to large. Form roundish oblate, regular. Color dull 

 green, becoming yellow, sometimes bronzed with dull brown. Stalk 

 rather long, slender. Cavity medium, acute, regular, green. Calyx me- 

 dium, closed. Segments reflexed. Basin small, uneven. Flesh greenish 

 yellow, firm, fine-grained, juicy, sweet. Core medium. Good. May to 

 July. (Am. Jour, of Hort.) 



Nelson's Codlin. 

 Backhouse's Lord Nelson. 

 A culinary English Apple. 



Fruit large, roundish oblate, light yellow, deepening in the sun and 

 with russet specks and traces. Flesh yellowish white, tender, brisk, 

 sharp subacid. Good. October, November. 



Nequassa. 

 Nequassa Sweet. 



Origin, Franklin, Macon Co., N. C. Tree vigorous, upright. 



Fruit large, oblate. Color yellow, striped with red. Stalk of moderate 

 length, inserted in a large, open cavity. Basin smooth and open. Flesh 

 white and very sweet. Good. November to January. 



Neversink. 



Origin, Berks Co., Pa. Tree vigorous, upright spreading. 



Fruit large, roundish, inclining to conic, beautiful waxen orange- 

 yellow color, with a few russet dots, and a delicately striped and richly 

 mottled carmine cheek. Stalk short. Cavity narrow, acuminate, shallow. 

 Calyx large. Basin deep, rather wide, furrowed. Flesh yellowish, some- 

 what tough, moderately juicy, subacid, quince-like. Good. December 

 to March. 



Newark King. 

 Hinckman. 



Origin, New Jersey. The tree is spreading, and bears well. 



