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THE APPLE, 
Moses Wood. 
Origin, Wintlirop, Maine. 
Fruit medium, roundish. Skin yellow, striped with red, 
cavity and basin shallow. Flesh white, tender, juicy, flavour 
pleasant, sub-acid. September, October. (Me. P. S. Kept.) 
Mouse Apple. 
Moose Apple. 
Origin, Ulster Co., N. Y. Tree vigorous and productive. 
Fruit, in weight, light; in size, large, roundish-oblong, or 
slightly conical. Skin pale greenish yellow, with a brownish 
blush on one side, and a few scattered, russety grey dots. Stalk 
three-fourths of an inch long, rather slender, not deeply inserted. 
Calyx closed, and set in a narrow basin, slightly plaited at the 
bottom. Flesh very white and fine grained, and moderately 
juicy, with a sprightly, delicate, and faintly perfumed flavour. 
Munson Sweet. 
Orange Sweet. Kay Apple. 
Meachem Sweet. 
Origin uncertain, probably Massachusetts. Tree vigorous, 
spreading, an annual and abundant bearer. 
Fruit medium, oblate. Skin pale yellow, sometimes with a 
blush, stem short, cavity large. Calyx closed, basin small. 
Flesh yellowish, tender, juicy, sweet. September to February. 
Morrison’s Red. 
Origin, supposed to be a native of Medfield, Mass., on the farm 
of Mr. Fisher, vigorous and productive. 
Fruit medium, conic, angular. Skin light yellow, shaded and 
obscurely striped with deep red. Stalk very short, stout, cavity 
small. Calyx closed, in a very small basin. Flesh tender, crisp, 
with a very mild, pleasant, peculiar flavour. November to 
March. 
Nantehalee. 
Maiden’s Bosom. 
Origin, Alabama, introduced by Dr. W. O. Baldwin, of Mont- 
gomery. 
In size large, in shape quite conical, and deeply ribbed, in 
colour a beautiful pale waxen yellow. Stem three-fourths 
of an inch long, in a narrow, deep cavity. Calyx rather 
large, basin deep, very much ribbed. Flesh white, juicy, and 
pleasant. Middle of July to first of August. (J. Van Beuren, 
MS.) 
