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with advantage be planted against a wall in a 

 large garden. It is known also as Watson's 

 Nonsuch, Whorl pippin. 



Wanstall. — Colour deep golden yellow on the 

 shaded side, red striped, and mottled with darker 

 red on the side next the sun ; form roundish, 

 and tapering a little towards the apex ; size 

 medium. In use till May and June. Tree 

 hardy, and an excellent bearer ; quality first- 

 rate, being equal in flavour to the Ribston 

 pippin ; originated with a tailor at Sittingbourne, 

 in Kent, somewhere about 1810. 



American apples of high merit not much cul- 

 tivated in Britain : — 



American summer pearmain. — Colour yellow, 

 covered with patches of light russety brown, and 

 slightly streaked with red ; form oblong ; size 

 medium ; quality very tender, and rich flavoured. 

 In use during September, and fit for either the 

 kitchen or dessert. Tree healthy, great bearer, 

 and succeeds well on light soils. 



Baldwin. — Colour yellow in the shade, striped 

 with crimson, red, and orange, where exposed 

 to the sun ; form roundish ; size large ; quality 

 first-rate. In use from November till March, 

 but is in highest perfection in January. " The 

 Baldwin," says Mr Downing, " stands at the 

 head of all New England apples, and is unques- 

 tionably a first-rate fruit in all respects. It is 

 more largely cultivated for the Boston market 

 than any other, and bears most abundantly, 

 while in flavour and general characteristics it 

 evidently belongs to the same family as the 

 American Esopus Spitzenberg, and deserves a 

 like popularity. 



Belle-Fleur, white. — Colour pale yellowish 

 white, marked with small brown dots; form 

 pearmain-shaped ; size above medium ; quality 

 good. In use from October till April. This is 

 one of the most widely disseminated and po- 

 pular apples in the Western States ; grows 

 strong, and bears abundantly. According to 

 Downing, identical with the Cumberland Spice- 

 of-Coxe, which may be considered as one of its 

 many synonyms — always a good sign of a valu- 

 able fruit — to which the following may be added 

 — White bellflower, Green bell flower, Detroit, White 

 Detroit, Monstrous bellflower of Coxe ; Ohio fa- 

 vourite, Hollow-cored pippin of some. 



Chandler. — Colour greenish yellow, streaked 

 and overspread with dull-red ; form roundish ; 

 size large ; quality good. In use from November 

 till March. Tree of moderate growth, and a 

 great bearer. A great favourite in Connec- 

 ticut. 



Early strawberry apple. — Colour yellowish 

 white, striped with bright and dark red ; form 

 roundish ; size rather under medium ; quality 

 excellent, and described by Downing, in " Fruits 

 and Fruit Trees of America," as being amongst 

 the very finest of their apples. In use at New 

 York, in the vicinity of which it originated, in 

 July. 



Fall pippin. — Colour yellowish green, becom- 

 ing a fine yellow when fully ripe, with often a 

 tinge of brownish blush on one side ; form 

 roundish ; size large ; quality first-rate. In use 

 from October till December. On the authority 

 of Mr Downing, this is said to be a veritable 



American apple, although thought otherwise by 

 Dr Lindley and Mr R. Thomson, who make it 

 synonymous with Reinette Blanche d'Espagne. 

 The former authority observes, " It is very pro- 

 bably a seedling raised in this country (Ame- 

 rica) from the white Spanish reinette or the 

 Holland pippin, both of which it so much re- 

 sembles, and from which it in fact differs most 

 strongly in the season of maturity." It is con- 

 sidered the first of autumn apples in the middle 

 States, where its beauty, large size, and delicious 

 flavour for the table, or for cooking, render it 

 very popular. Unlike the majority of American 

 apples, this comes to great perfection in Britain ; 

 a first-rate culinaiw or dessert fruit. 



Jonathan. — Colour light yellow in the shade, 

 nearly covered with red stripes, deepening into 

 dark red where exposed to the sun ; form round- 

 ish ovate ; size medium ; quality excellent. In 

 use from November till March. This is a fine 

 apple, of great beauty and good flavour ; grows 

 vigorously, and is very productive. 



Mouse apple. — Colour dull green, becoming 

 yellowish when fully ripe ; form roundish ob- 

 long ; size large ; quality excellent. In use from 

 November till March. This is one of the most 

 popular American winter apples, considered by 

 some superior to the Rhode Island greening, and 

 deserves extensive trial everywhere. 



Northern spy. — Colour yellowish in the shade, 

 nearly covered with rich dark red, marked with 

 crimson and purplish streaks where exposed to 

 the sun ; form conical, much ribbed ; size large ; 

 quality excellent. In use from December till 

 May. This is comparatively a new American 

 fruit, of the Spitzenberg family, and has of late 

 years attracted a good deal of notice. Tree 

 hardy, and bears well. 



Peach pond sweet. — Colour light red, some- 

 what striped ; form somewhat flat, and slightly 

 one-sided and angular in shape ; size medium ; 

 quality excellent. In use during September and 

 November. 



Peck's pleasant. — Colour green when first 

 gathered, turning, when ripe, a beautiful clear 

 yellow, with bright blush on the sunny side ; 

 form roundish, somewhat angular ; size above 

 medium; quality first-rate. In use from No- 

 vember till April. This excellent fruit belongs 

 to the Newtown pippin class, which is suffi- 

 cient recommendation to it. 



Porter* — Colour bright yellow on the shaded 

 side, with a dull blush next the sun ; form ob- 

 long, narrowing towards the eye ; size large ; 

 quality good. In use during September. This 

 is a great favourite in the Boston market. The 

 fruit is remarkable for its beauty, and the tree 

 for its productiveness. 



Pumpkin russet. — Colour pale yellowish 

 green, slightly covered with russet ; form 

 round ; size large ; quality excellent, considered 

 as one of the most valuable of the large sweet 

 apples of New England. In use from September 

 till February. 



Russet, Putman. — Colour yellow, blotched 

 with russet ; form flattened at the ends ; size 

 above medium ; quality excellent. In use in 

 March and April. It is considered decidedly 

 the most valuable keeping apple in the West, 



