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THE APPLE. 



Fruit above medium, oblate, crimson red. Flesh yellowish, rich, aro- 

 matic subacid. October, November. 



Mammoth June. 



Origin, Christian Co., Ky. Tree an upright, moderate grower ; not 

 an early bearer. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate conic, whitish yellow, striped and 

 splashed with shades of red, light dots. Flesh very white, tender, not 

 very juicy, mild subacid. Good. July, August. 



Manaen. 



This variety was grown from seed of the Talman Sweet, by F. E. 

 Miller, Sugar Grove, Warren Co., Pa., and first fruited in 1867. The 

 tree is said to be a thrifty, upright grower. Young wood dark reddish 

 brown, with a few white raised dots, and slightly downy. Leaf broad, 

 roundish oval, coarsely serrated. 



Fruit medium size, roundish oblate conical, irregular, or partially 

 ribbed, pale whitish yellow, with deep carmine dots and marblings in 

 sun, russet lines radiating from the stalk, scattering minute, raised, gray, 

 or russet dots in the shade. Stalk slender. Cavity deep, broad, open, 

 russeted. Calyx partially closed, with erect recurved, divided segments. 

 Basin rather deep, abrupt, generally irregular in form, usually clean and 

 smooth, but occasionally with russeted broken lines. Flesh yellowish 

 white, granulated, tender, moderately juicy, mild sweet, aromatic. Yery 



Mangum. 



good. Core small. Seeds dark rich brown, oblong, pointed. Season, 

 last of August and September. A new variety of fine promise as an 

 amateur's fruit. (Rural New Yorker.) 



