FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 
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Plumb's Cider — The tree is pefectly hardy and healthy. Comes into bearing very 
young. Fruit medium size; skin greenish yellow; shaded and obscurely striped and 
splashed with dull red; flesh whitish, tender, juicy, mild sub-acid. November to March. 
Rhode Island Greening — Fruit large, roundish, regularly formed; skin smooth, 
green, becoming a greenish yellow, with a dull blush when ripe; flesh yellow, fine grained, 
tender, with a rich, rather acid flavor. Tree vigorous, spreading and very productive. 
Young trees in the nursery more or less crooked. November to March. 
Roxbury Russet — Fruit large size, roundish, a little flattened ; skin dull green, 
nearly covered with russet, with sometimes a dull blush; flesh moderately juicy, with a 
pleasant sub-acid flavor. Tree vigorous but rather crooked. January to June. 
Rawle's Janet.— Fruit medium size, roundish, approaching oblong; color pale red, 
distinctly striped on yellow ground; flesh nearly white, fine, rich, mild sub-acid, fine text- 
nre, crisp, juicy, compact ; a profuse bearer. Worthless North. January to May. 
Salome — Tree very hardy, healthy, vigorous and productive; an early and annual 
bearer. Fruit medium, roundish conical; skin yellow, striped and splashed with red, and 
sprinkled with small yellow dots; flesh whitish yellow, tender, juicy, mild sub-acid, slightly 
aromatic; very good. Originated in Illinois, where it keeps easily until June. 
Seek-no-Further — Fruit medium size, smooth, conical; skin a dull red, striped 
and russeted ; flesh white and fine grained, with a rich flavor. November to February. 
Spitzenburg (Esopus.)— Medium size, deep red, covered with gray dots; flesh yel- 
low, rather firm, crisp and juicy, with a delicious flavor. The tree is a poor grower in the 
nursery. December to March. 
Smith's Cider — Medium to large; greenish white, striped with red; tender, crisp, 
with a mild and pleasant flavor. Bears abundant crops. A very popular apple in Penn- 
sylvania. Grows slowly in the nurseiy. November to February. 
Stark — Originated in Ohio, and valued as a long keeper and profitable market fruit. 
Fruit large, roundish, inclined to conic, sometimes a little elongated ; skin greenish yellow, 
shaded, sprinkled and striped with light and dark red nearly over the whole surface, and 
thinly sprinkled with light and brown dots. Flesh yellowish, moderately j uicy, ' mild 
sub-acid. An early and abundant bearer. January to May. 
Sutton Beauty — Origin Worcester, Mass. Fruit large, roundish; skin waxen yel- 
low, striped with crimson ; flesh tender, sub-acid, good. Tree a. free grower and productive ; 
a valuable new apple. December and January. 
Talman's Sweet — Medium size, pale whitish yellow with a soft blush on one side 
and generally a line running from stem to calyx; flesh quite white, rather firm, fine 
grained, with a rich, sweet flavor. A very popular and profitable orchard sort from the 
hardiness of the tree and its great productiveness. December to April. 
Winesap.— A valuable Southern apple. Fruit medium size, rather oblong; skin 
smooth, of a line dark red, with a few streaks, and a little yellow ground appearing on the 
shady side; flesh yellow, firm, crisp, with a rich, high flavor. December to April." 
Wagener — Fruit medium to large size, flattened; skin light yellow, shaded with 
red ; flesh firm, sub-acid, with an excellent flavor. Tree thrifty, very upright, and an 
early bearer. Fruit improved by thinning. December to March. 
Wolf River — A new and beautiful fruit of the very largest size. Originated near 
Wolf River, Wisconsin, and may justly be classed among the iron clods. Skin greenish 
