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GREEN' SWEETING. — Medium, nearly round, greenish, tender, sweet 
and spicy ; not excelled ; one of the best keeping sweet apples. Tree 
very hardy. December to May. 
HENRICK’S SWEET. — Medium size, skin whitish yellow shaded with 
Jight red, splashed with crimson ; flesh white, tender, juicy, very 
sweet. November to May. 
HEWES’ VIRGINIA CRAB. — Quite small, skin dull red dotted with 
* white specks ; flesh fibrous and acid. Highly esteemed as a cider 
apple. 
IIUBBARDSTON NONESUCH. — Large, striped yellow and red, tender, 
. juicy and fine. Good bearer. November to January. 
JEFFERSON COUNTY.— Medium size, skin greenish yellow, marbled 
and striped with red; flesh, crisp, juicy, with a mild sub-acid flavor. 
Excellent. Tree hardy. October to February. 
KING. — (Tompkins Co. King). A large, handsome fruit, striped red and 
yellow, crisp, juicy, sub-acid, and of excellent quality. Tree rather 
tender. October to January. 
LADIES’ SWEETING. — Large, roundish, striped with ret( on yellowish 
green ground, in the sun nearly quite red; sweet, tender, juicy, fine, 
agreeable, rich, and slightly perfumed. A good bearer. Tree rather 
tender. November to May. 
LADY APPLE. — A beautiful little dessert fruit ; flat, pale yellow with a 
deep red cheek ; crisp, juicy, and pleasant. December to May. 
LANSINGBURG. — Full medium, smooth, skin green bronzed, becoming 
very rich yellow, blushed fine carmine, very handsome ; flesh very 
firm, not juicy, sub-acid, rich. April to June. (Doct. Warder). 
LIMBER TWIG. — Large, roundish, light yellow, splashed with red ; flesh 
whitish, tender, and sub-acid. December to May. 
MILAM. — Full medium, skin yellow, sometimes shaded with red on sunny 
side ; flesh firm, juicy, with a pleasant sub-acid flavor. Dec. to March. 
MOTHER.— Large, oblong, deep red on yellow ground; very tender, rich, 
aromatic and mild ; somewhat resembles the E. Spitzenberg in appear- 
ance. A good bearer. November to January. 
NEWTOWN SPITZENBERG. — See Vandevcre. 
NORTHERN SPY. — Large, roundish, handsomely striped with red ; juicy, 
rich, mild, and agreeable. Vigorous grower and fine bearer. Very 
hardy. December to June. This apple is a universal favorite, being 
one of the largest, best, most beautiful, and long keeping apples yet 
known. 
NORTON’S MELON. — Medium or large, roundish ; bright red on pale 
yellow ground; tender, very juicy, spicy and pleasant. A handsome 
and delicious fruit. October to February. 
PECK’S PLEASANT. — Large, roundish, light green, becoming yellow; 
very tender, with a mild, rich, fine clear pippin flavor. Good bearer. 
Tree very hardy. December to March. 
POMME GRISE.— Rather small, roundish; cinnamon russet ; very tender, 
fine grained, rich and high flavored. One of the best dessert apples 
for the extreme North. December to February. 
PRYOR’S RED.— Rather large, roundish, deep dull red on greenish yel- 
low ground ; very tender, mild, rich, sub-acid, and agreeable. Highly 
esteemed in South-Western States. Keeps till spring. 
RAWLE'S JANETTE. — Medium size, roundish oblong, pale red stripes 
on light yellow ground ; crisp, juicy, rich, and mildly sub-acid. First 
rate. Keeps through the spring. Tree very hardy. 
RHODE ISLAND GREENING.— Large, roundish, green becoming green- 
ish yellow; tender, juicy, rich, rather acid and slightly aromatic. 
\ ery crooked grower. In the South it becomes an autumn fruit ; in 
the North it matures in March and April. 
