THE APPLE. 
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Lucombe’s Seedling. 
English ; large, roundish, angular. Skin whitish, striped and 
splashed with red. Flesh firm, juicy, good for cooking. Oc 
tober, November. 
Margil. Tliomp. Lind. Eon. 
Neverfail. Munche’s Pippin. 
An old English dessert apple, of slender growth. 
Fruit small, roundish, oblate, yellow, striped with red. Flesh 
yellow, firm, aromatic. October, November. 
Melvill Sweet. 
Origin, Concord, Mass. Tree vigorous and productive. 
Fruit medium, roundish. Skin yellowish green, striped with 
pale red. Flesh rich and sugary. November to February. 
(Cole.) 
Menagere. Thomp. Man. 
We received this fruit from Mr. Manning, who, we believe, had 
it from Germany; it is only fit for cooking. 
Fruit very large, regularly formed, but very much flattened. 
Skin pale yellow, with sometimes a little red in the sun. Flesh 
tolerably juicy. September to January, 
Merritt’s Sweet. 
Fruit medium, oblate, yellow, sometimes with a blush. Flesh 
compact, very sweet, good for culinary use, and stock feeding. 
Last of August ; productive. 
Methodist. 
From Connecticut. Tree vigorous and productive, medium 
size, oblong, oval. Skin greenish, marbled and striped with 
red. Flesh white, tender, mild, sub-acid, not rich. Novem- 
ber, 
Milam. 
Harrigan. Winter Pearmain of some. 
Origin uncertain, much grown in some sections at the West, 
very productive and keeps well. 
Fruit medium or below, roundish, greenish, shaded and 
striped with red. Flesh rather firm, pleasant, sub-acid, not rich. 
December, March. 
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