FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 
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Spitzenburg (Esopus). Medium size, deep red, covered with gray dots ; tlesh 
yellow, 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 Pennsylvania. Grows slowly in the nursery. 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 juicy, mild sub-acid. An early and abundant bearer. 
January to May. 
Sutton Beauty. Origin Worcester, Mass. Fruit large, roundish ; skin waxen 
yellow, striped with crimson ; flesh tender, sub-acid, good. Tree a free grower 
and productive ; a valuable new apple. December to 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 fine dark red, with a few streaks, and a little yellow ground appear- 
ing on the shady side ; flesh yellow, firm, crisp. 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. Skin greenish yellow, shaded with crimson ; flesh white, juicy, 
tender, with a peculiar pleasant, mild, sub-acid flavor. Tree a strong, stout 
grower, a great bearer, and very hardy. January and February. 
Yellow Bellflower. Fruit large, oblong, irregular ; skin pale lemon-yellow, some- 
times with a blush ; flesh tender, juicy, with a sprightly acid flavor. November 
to February. 
Tork Imperial (Johnson's Fine Winter). A native of York County, Pa., where 
it is justly esteemed for the productiveness of the tree and the fine quality of its 
late-keeping fruit ; medium to large ; white, heavily shaded with dark crimson ; 
flesh firm, crisp, juicy, and sub-acid. December to February. 
