ed on light yellow skin. Flesh white, fine, 
very tender, juicy, and refreshing, with a pe- 
culiar, quince-like flavor. A good bearer of 
fair, handsome fruit. Resembles the Fameuse, 
but larger and more hardy, and fully equal in 
quality. 
Munson's Sweet. A — October and No- 
vember. Sweet. Yellow, not striped. Fruit me- 
dium size to large, smooth and regular. Skin 
pale yellow, with brown blush. Tree a vigor- 
ous grower and uniform bearer. A valuable 
sweet Apple. Flesh yellowish white, tender, 
with a very good, sweet flavor. 
Newtown Pippin. W — December to May, 
Sour. Yellowish Green, not striped. Fruit 
medium size or rather large, roundish, oblique. 
Skin dull green, often with a dull brownish 
blush. Flesh greenish white, .juicy, crisp, 
fine-grained, with a high, fine flavor. Keeps 
through spring, and retains its freshness re- 
markably. Tree of rather slow growth, with 
a rough bark; slim and small when delivered. 
The fruit is very liable to black spots or scabs, 
unless under high, rich and constant cultiva- 
tion. One of the best fruits for foreign mar- 
kets. Rarely succeeds well in New England. 
Tender far west. A native of Long Island, 
N. Y. 
Northern Spy. W — January to June. Sour. 
Ked, striped. Fruit large, roundish, some- 
what conical in shape. Skin handsomely 
striped and covered with crimsom on the sun- 
ny side, overspread with a thin bloom. Flesh 
juicy, flavor rich, aromatic, mild subacid, fine. 
Keeps through winter and late into spring ; 
presei-ves its flavor remarkably fresh. A tardy 
bearer. To afl'ord fine fruit, the tree must be 
kept thrifty by good cultivation. A fruit of 
highest quality, profitable for market under 
proper cultivation, with care in picking, as- 
sorting and packing. Succeeds in the north 
and northwest ; less valuable farther south. 
A native of East Bloomfield, N. Y. 
Northwestern Greening. W — January 
to Spring. Extra hardy. Sour. Greenish yellow, 
not striped. This Wisconsin seedling Apple, 
which received the first prize of the Wisconsin 
State Horticultural Society over a large com- 
petion as a seedling App'e, has been thorough- 
ly tested in most trying places in Wisconsin, 
and proves to be equal to the Wealthy in every 
respect ;is a tree, and has the added merit of 
being a late keeper. Fruit medium to large, 
round ovate to conical, smooth. Skin greenish 
yellow. Flesh fine-grained, firm, juicy, sub- 
acid, good. Valuable for the north. Origin, 
Wisconsin. 
Ontario. W — January to April. Sour. 
I^ed, striped. A hybrid, resulting from a 
crossing of the Northern Spy and Wagoner. 
Fruit tender and juicy, of mild subacid flav- 
or; beai's young, annual croi)S of good uniform 
size. Keeps until April. Undoubtedly (me of 
the most desirable hardy varieties yet intro- 
duced, and in the future is bound to command 
a high price in the British market. Bears 
young, like the Wagner. Origin, Ontario, 
Canada. 
Paradise Winter Sweet. W — No- 
vember to April. Sweet. Green, not 
striped. Fruit rather large, regularly 
formed, roundish. Color pale greenish yel- 
low, with n lirown blush. Flesh white, fine 
grained, Juicy, sweet, sprightly, and very 
good. Succeeds well at the west. Origin, 
Ponns.vlvaliia. 
Perry Russet. W — November to 
December. Sour. Yellow, not striped. 
Fruit mediuiii size, rounded. Color pale 
yellow, netted with russet on the sunny 
side, and sometimes brownish. Flesh yel- 
low, firm. Juicy, subacid. Tree a moder- 
ate spreading, upright grower, hardy, and 
a young and abundant bearer. Origin. 
Perry, N. Y. 
Piiwaukee. TT— December to March. Ex. 
tra hardy. Sour. I^ed, striped. Fruit me- 
dium to large, round. Color, striped with red, 
on a bright yellow skin. Flesh yellowish 
white, juicy, subacid; in quality something like 
Johathan. Tree a strong grower, and very 
hardy; adapted to the extreme north, and 
equally as valuable for southern culture. A 
seedling from the Duchess of Oldenburg. 
Pound Sweet. A — October to December. 
Sweet. Greenish, not striped. Fruit very 
large, round. Skin pale green. Excellent for 
baking and culinar> purposes. Flesh white, 
sweet, tender, not juicy. Moderate quality. 
Tree a free grower and productive. Also called 
Pumpkin Sweet. 
Pumpkin Sweet. ^— See Pound Sweet. 
Quebec Winter Sweet. W — December 
to March. Extra hardy. Sweet. Yellow, not 
striped. About the size of the Tallman 
Sweet. Color yellow, with red cheeks. Splen- 
did quality, and very hardy. Originated in the 
province of Quebec, Canada. 
Rawle's Janet. 11'— January to April. 
Sour. Yellow, striped. Fruit medium 
size, roundish, oblong. Color pale red, 
distinct stripes, on light yellow ground. 
Flesh nearly white, fine, mild, subacid; 
tine texture, crisp. Juicy. Growth slow. A 
profuse bearer, with a iiortion of the crop 
knotty or under size. Keeps through 
spring. Highly esteemed in tlio Ohio val- 
ley; does not succeed farther north. The 
blossoms open ten days later than usual, 
thus sometimes escaping spring frosts. 
Mardy far west. One of the most popular 
.\pplos in the south and southwest. 
Rambo. .4 — October to December. Sour. 
Yellow, striped. Fruit medium size, round, flat 
and smooth. Skin streaked and marbled with 
dull, yellowish red on pale yellowish ground. 
Flesh greenish white, very tender, rich, mild 
subacid. Of very good quality. Fine in nearly 
all localities. 
