Fruits, Vegetables and General Interests. 



its rough bark. Fruit is of medium size, roundish, somewhat 

 oblique ; when ripe it is yellow, sometimes with red cheek 

 and a smooth skin. Flesh is a greenish white, crisp, juicy 

 and rich flavor. The tree is an excellent bearer, but if not 

 healthy the fruit will be spotted. It is grown more in eastern 

 than in western Washington, and there it also keeps late in 

 spring. The Blue Pearmain has the required color, but is not 

 so late a keeper as those above mentioned. The tree is also 

 a more moderate bearer. It is grown more in the south- 

 eastern part of the state than elsewhere in Washington. The 

 fruit is of the largest size, roundish, slightly conical, with 

 stripes of dark purplish red over a dull ground, and appear- 

 ing bluish from the white bloom. Flesh yellowish, mild, 

 rather rich, aromatic and very good. The Monmouth Pippin 

 (Red-Cheeked Pippin) is produced to some extent in south- 

 eastern Washington, but it is only a moderate keeper and 

 of pale yellow color. It is a native of Monmouth Co., N. J. — 

 a tree of moderate upright growth and productive. The 

 fruit is subacid and very good. The Esopus Spitzenburgh App i es i n 

 comes nearest being the ideal apple for the entire northwest Washing- 

 region than any other variety yet known. In eastern Washing- 

 ton it keeps later than on the west side of the Cascades, and is 

 therefore more profitable for the grower \ but it is generally 

 considered bv all good judges equal to the Newtown Pip- 

 pin for profit, and unsurpassed as a dessert fruit by any 

 other sort. It originated at Esopus, on the Hudson, N. Y. 

 The tree has slender shoots, and when in bearing it has 

 long and hanging limbs. The fruit is large, oblong, taper- 

 ing roundly to the eye ; skin smooth, nearly covered with rich, 

 lively red, with distinct yellow-russet dots ; flesh yellow, rather 

 firm, crisp, juicy, with a delicious, rich, brisk flavor. With 

 proper cultivation and care, this apple will be one of the most 

 profitable for western Washington for some time to come. 



"The Northern Spy, the ideal apple east, only lacks the 

 keeping quality to be equally considered in western Washing- 

 ton, being an early winter apple ; it sells for the highest price of 

 any in its season, and is fairly productive. It originated on 

 the farm of Heman Chapin, of East Bloomfield, near Roches- 

 ter, New York. The tree requires high cultivation and open 

 heads to let in the sun, otherwise the fruit is wanting in fla_ 

 vor, and apt to be imperfect and knotty. The fruit is large ? 



