THE APPLE. 



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Squiee's Greexi>-g. 

 An English cnlinaiy Apple. 



Fruit described bv Hogg as above medium, roundish, flattened, green, 

 with dull brownish red in the sun. Plesh vellowish white, firm, brisk 

 subacid. December to April. 



Staats' Sweet. 



Originated in Somerset Co., X. J. Tree a sti'ong, upright, vigorous 

 grower, %vith curved erect branches, forming a beautiful head, produc- 

 tive. 



rmit medium, roundish, slightly conical, greenish yellow, shaded, 

 splashed, and overspread mostly with light and dark red. Stalk short. 

 Calyx large, open. Flesh yellowish white, breaking, juicy, mild, plea- 

 sant, sweet. Good to very good. December to February. 



Stack. 



Origin, Indiana. 



Finiit medium to large, roundish conical, red, striped with deep red. 

 Dots minute and few. Stalk long, slender. Calyx medium, closed. 

 Basin medium. Flesh light yellow, fine-giained, juicy. Good. Core 

 large, open. December to January. (Ind. Trans.) 



Stackyaed. 



Originated in Montgomery Co., Fa. An old variety. 



Finiit medium, oblate, gi^eenish yellow, covered and marbled with 

 yellow and red, and speckled with small spots and patches of russet. 

 Flesh white, crisp, tender, juicy. Good. 2s ovember, December. 



Sta:\ieord Fippix. 



An English Apple, described by Hogg as first-rate for dessert. 



Fruit above medium, roundish, yellow, tinge of orange in sun. 

 Flesh yellowish, fu-m, tender, crisp, sweet, brisk, pleasant aroma. De- 

 cember t-o March. 



StA2s'AED. 

 Stanard's Seedling. 



An Apple extensively disseminated in Illinois and West, fi'om Col- 

 onel B. Hodge, through " The Grove nui^series. The tree is ex- 

 tremely hardy, enduring uninjured the most severe changes of the 

 .prairies. It is a crooked, spreading, iiTegular, but rapid grower ; a 

 young, abundant, and annual bearer. Yoimg wood reddish brown, 

 downy. 



Fruit medium to large, roundish oblate, slightly conical, dull green, 

 changing to yellow at maturity, splashed and striped with red, large 

 russet specks. Stalk in a deep canity. Calyx closed. Flesh yellowish 

 white, rather coarse, very juicy, rather rich subacid. Very good. De- 

 cember to March. Superior for cooking. 



