THE APPLE. 
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crisp, tender, juicy, with a veiy agreeable, sub-acid flavour. 
December, February. 
McHenry. 
Origin, Elizabethtown, Hamilton, Co., Ohio, farm of Major 
McHenry. Growth upright and free, moderately productive. 
Colour and quality similar to American Summer Pearmain. 
September to December. (Jackson.) 
Meach. 
From J. M. Ketchum, Brandon, Vermont. 
Fruit large, roundish, slightly conic. Skin greenish yellow, 
striped and mottled with light red, and sprinkled with brown 
dots. Stalk long, rather slender, set in a pretty large cavity. 
Calyx closed in a corrugated basin. Flesh yellowish, rather fine, 
juicy, rich, mild, sub-acid, aromatic. October, November. 
Meigs. 
Fruit large, regular, oblong, narrowing to the eye, some- 
times slightly ribbed. Skin yellow, but mostly concealed with 
a marbling of red and sprinkled with prominent yellow dots. 
Calyx small and closed, set in a narrow basin. Stem very short, 
thick, in a narrow deep cavity. Flesh yellowish white, tender, 
juicy, with a rich slightly sub-acid flavour. Autumn. (White’s 
Card.) 
Meister. 
From Berks Co., Pa. Size below medium, roundish, conical. 
Skin greenish yellow, striped with red, with numerous white 
spots, and russet dots. Stem nearly half an inch long, insert- 
ed in a wide moderately deep cavity. Calyx small, closed, set 
in a narrow, shallow basin. Flesh tender. Flavour sprightly and 
pleasant. Quality “ very good.” October. (Int. Rep.) 
Melt in the Mouth. 
Origin, Chester Co., Pa. Fruit medium or rather below, 
oblate, slightly conic. Skin deep red on a green ground, with a 
few small white dots. Stalk long, very slender, curved, in a 
small cavity. Calyx closed, in a rather abrupt basin. Flesh 
white, tender, juicy, with a mild, rather rich, pleasant sub-acid 
flavour, somewhat resembling summer Pearmain. September 
to November. 
Mexico. 
Origin, Canterbury, Conn. Tree of moderate growth, produc- 
tive, hardy even in Maine. Fruit medium, roundish. Skin 
