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THE APPLE. 



nated at Cheltenham Township, Montgomery Co., Pa., in a field where 

 calves were pastured, and hence the synonym by which it is locally known. 

 It is a moderate grower, but very productive. 



Fruit medium, roundish, striped and marbled with red on a yellow 

 ground. Stalk short. Cavity narrow. Calyx small, closed. Basin 

 deep. Flesh whitish yellow, tender, juicy, pleasant. Good. Septem- 

 ber. 



Chenango Strawberry. 



Frank. Sherwood's Favorite. Jackson Apple. 



Buckley. Strawberry. Smyrna. 



Originated in the town of Lebanon, Madison Co., N. Y. It is an 

 apple pleasant to the taste and much esteemed as a table fruit wher- 

 ever grown. Tree is vigorous, spreading. Young wood light reddish 

 brown, downy. 



Fruit medium, oblong conic or oblong truncated conic, indistinctly 



Chenango Strawberry. 



ribbed. Color whitish, shaded, splashed and mottled with light and 

 dark crimson over most of the surface, light dots. Stalk rather short 

 small. Cavity acute, somewhat uneven. Calyx closed, or partially 

 open. Segments erect. Basin rather large, abrupt, slightly corrugated. 

 Flesh white, tender, juicy, peculiar mild, subacid. Core rather large. 

 Very good. September and October. 



Cheney. 



Originated on the old Cheney farm, South Manchester, Conn. Tree 

 upright, spreading, an early and regular bearer. 



