THE APPLE. 



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Wealthy's Favorite. 

 Winter Seedling. Bradley's Winter. 



Origin, Town of Plymouth, Mich. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate, pale waxen yellow, shaded in sun 

 with crimson, and thinly sprinkled with brown and white dots. Stalk 

 short. Cavity deep, acute. Calyx closed. Basin abrupt, uneven. 

 Flesh whitish yellow, tender, juicy, mild subacid, pleasant. Very good. 

 \ December to February. An amateur's fruit. 



Webb's Winter. 



A Southern, probably Mississippi, variety. Tree slender, with droop- 

 ing branches. 



Fruit medium, roundish, yellow, shaded and rather faintly splashed 

 and striped with red. Stalk long, slender. Calyx closed. Flesh whitish, 

 fine-grained, moderately tender, juicy, pleasant, mild subacid. Good. 

 Core small. December, February. 



Wellford's Yellow. 



Origin, Essex Co., Virginia. A rapid grower and a great bearer. 



Fruit rather small, roundish flattened, pale yellow, with faint red 

 streaks on one side. Flesh yellow, fine-grained, juicy, subacid, aroma- 

 tic. Keeps well until June. 



Well's Sweet. 

 Sweeting-, Well's. 



Origin unknown. Tree upright spreading, productive. 



Fruit of medium size, roundish, broadest in the middle, and lessen- 

 ing each way, pale dull green, with a dull red or brownish cheek. 

 Stalk rather slender and short. Calyx short, set in quite a shallow 

 basin. Flesh very white, and very tender, abounding with a rich, 

 agreeable, sprightly juice. Good to very good. JSTovember to January. 



Western" Spy. 



Origin, farm of John Mansfield, Jefferson Co., O. Tree a slender 

 spreading, moderate grower, but very productive. 



Fruit rather large, roundish oblate, yellow, often much shaded with 

 crimson. Stalk short and stout, inserted in a large cavity. Calyx open, 

 set in an abrupt basin. Flesh yellowish, tender, juicy, brisk subacid. 

 Excellent for cooking. Good. October to June. 



Westfield Seek-no-Further. 

 Connecticut Seek-no-Further. Seek-no-Further. 



The Westfield Seek-no-Further is the Seek-no-Further of Connecti- 

 cut, and is an old and highly esteemed variety of that district. It has 

 a pearmain flavor. 



Fruit large, pretty regularly round conical, pale or dull red over a pale 

 clouded green ground — the red sprinkled with obscure russeted yel- 



