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THE APPLE. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblong oval, ribbed, yellow, shaded with 

 red in the sun. Mesh white, tender, juicy, subacid. Hardly good. 

 September. 



Spice Russet. 

 Sweet Russet of some, erroneously. 



Origin unknown. Tree a good grower and productive. 



Fruit below medium, roundish flattened, light yellow russet, with 

 numerous small fine dots, exposed to the sun carmine and yellow 

 bronzed. Stalk slender. Calyx closed. Flesh whitish, fine-grained, 

 juicy, almost sweet, aromatic subacid. December to March. (Elliott.) 



Spice Sweet. 

 Berry Bough. 



Tree vigorous, productive, medium, oblate, smooth, pale yellow. 

 Flesh rather firm, sweet, highly aromatic, apt to be knotty and unfair. 

 August, September. 



Sponge. 



There are two varieties under this name, neither of which is at all 

 valuable. 



One is : Fruit large, roundish oblate. Skin greenish, striped with 

 dull red, dotted with whitish spots. Flesh white, coarse, subacid. A 

 kitchen fruit. October and November. 



The other is : Fruit medium, oblong conic, green, splashed with 

 red. Flesh white, moderately juicy. Poor. November. 



Sprague. 



Fruit rather small, oblong oval, slightly conic, yellow. Flesh yellow, 

 juicy, tender, sprightly subacid. Scarcely good. October. 



Springer. 

 Springer's Seedling. 



Origin, Ohio. 



Fruit small, roundish oblong, yellowish green, with faint stripes of 

 red. Flesh firm, negative character. January to May. (Elliott.) 



Spring Grove Codlin. 

 Aji old English cooking Apple. 



Fruit medium, roundish conical, greenish yellow, deeper in the sun. 

 Flesh greenish yellow, crisp, juicy, brisk, sharp subacid. October. 



Spring Pippin. 

 Springport Pippin. 



Origin, Springport, Cayuga Co., N. Y. Tree upright, thrifty, unpro- 

 ductive. 



Fruit above medium, roundish oblong, yellowish green. Flesh yellow- 

 ish white, crisp, sprightly subacid. December to May. (Elliott.) 



