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ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
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NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 
English Russet — Fruit medium size, very regular ; slightly conical ; pale greenish 
yellow, about two-thirds covered with russet ; flesh yellowish white, firm and 
crisp, with pleasant, slightly sub-acid flavor. 
Ewalt (Binock’s Pippin)— A fine, showy apple ; very large, roundish, slightly conical ; 
bright yellow, shaded with crimson on the sunny side ; flesh white, tender, brisk, 
sub-acid. 
Fameuse (Snow Apple) — Medium size, roundish, very handsome; deep crimson; flesh 
snowy white, tender, juicy, high flavored and delicious. Tree vigorous, produc- 
tive, and very hardy. 
Falla water (Tulpehocken, Pound, &c.) — A very large, dull red apple, of good qual- 
ity • productive. 
Grimes’ Golden (Grimes’ Golden Pippin)— An apple of the highest quality, equal to 
the best Newtown ; medium to large size ; yellow, productive ; grown in Southern 
Ohio. 
Green Sweet— Medium size; skin green, somewhat dotted; juicy and very sweet; one 
of the best Winter sweet apples. 
Hubbardston Nonsuch— Large, striped yellow and red ; tender, juicy and fine. 
Strong, good bearer. 
Jonathan— Fruit medium or small, roundish ; skin yellow, nearly covered with dark 
or lively red; fine grained, very tender and finely flavored. 
Kentish Fill Basket— An English apple of great size and beauty ; color greenish yel- 
low, with brown red blush in the sun; flesh tender; juicy, with sub-acid, sprightly 
flavor 
Krauser — A fine, medium size, yellow apple; originated in Berks County, Pa.; popu- 
lar in its native locality on account of its handsome appearance and good keeping 
qualities. 
King (Tompkins County) — Large and handsome ; striped red and yellow ; productive. 
One of the best. 
Lady Apple— A beautiful little dessert fruit ; flat, pale yellow, with a deep red cheek ; 
juicy, rich and pleasant. 
Ladies' Sweet — A large, handsome, red apple ; juicy, sweet and good. 
Nonpareil— An old English variety ; free, upright grower, and productive ; fruit 
medium, roundish, conical, yellowish green, with patches of dull russet and red in 
the sun; flesh crisp, juicy, vinous, aromatic; mild acid. 
Monmouth Pippin (Red Cheek Pippin)— Large, greenish yellow, with a fine red 
cheek ; juicy, tender and good ; productive. 
Newtown Pippin— One of the very best apples as to quality. Very juicy, crisp and 
highly delicious flavor ; requires manure for the best fruit ; fine keeper. 
Northern Spy— Large, roundish, slightly conical, somewhat ribbed ; striped, with the 
sunny side nearly covered with purplish red. Flesh white and tender, with a 
mild sub-acid, rich and delicious flavor. The tree should be kept open by pruning^ 
so as to admit the air and light freely. 
Nickajack— A large, roundish, striped apple of fair quality ; very hardy and produc- 
tive; popular in the South. 
Peck's Pleasant— Large, pale yellow; very tender and rich, with a Newtown Pippin 
flavor. Fine bearer. 
Pewaukee— A seedling from Duchess of Oldenburg. Fruit medium to large, obovate, 
waved ; surface bright y. How, partially covered with dull red ; striped and 
splashed, covered with a gray bloom, and overspread with whitish dots ; flesh yel- 
lowish white, breaking juicy; flavor sub-acid, rich, aromatic, spicy, something like 
the Jonathan; quality good to best. 
Pomme Grise— A rather small and beautiful gray russet apple, with a slight blush 
next the sun ; flesh tender and high flavored. 
Rawle’s Janet (Never Fail)— Medium, roundish, ovate; greenish yellow, striped with 
red ; crisp, rich and juicy ; one of the best and longest keepers in the South and 
South-west. 
Rome Beauty— Large, yellow, shaded with bright red ; flesh yellowish, tender, juicy, 
sub-acid. 
Ribston Pippin -Fruit medium to large, splashed and mixed dull red on yellow, with 
slight russet ; flesh yellow, crisp and juicy, with acid, aromatic flavor ; adapted to 
Northern localities. 
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