OF WINTER APPLES. 
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The following is a description of a Maryland Wine Sap : 
Color red, almost uniform, paler about the apex and deeper in patches around the base, 
which gives a nebulous shade to the surface. Flesh yellowish. Keeps till late, pre¬ 
serving also its line flavor under unfavorable circumstances. 
44. MARK’S NEW SPITZENBURGH. Fig. 41. 
Fruit of the medium size, elon¬ 
gated, symmetrical ; sides 
quite straight. Color yellow, 
bearing bright red stripes. 
Stem long, projecting beyond 
the base. Base and crown 
rounded. Calyx small, and 
both depressions shallow. 
Flesh yellowish, tender, spicy 
and rich. 
This new variety was raised 
from the seeds of the Esopus 
Spitzenburgh, by Judge Thomp¬ 
son of Catskill, Greene county, 
N. Y. Its size is rather less 
than the Esopus Spitzenburgh, but it is more spicy ; its red is brighter and the skin is less 
dotted. The tree grows more upright, aud its limbs never droop. The fruit keeps re¬ 
markably well. 
45. MARGIL. 
Fruit below the medium size, small and angular ; striped and mottled with red on a yellow 
ground. Flesh firm, aromatic and high flavored. English. 
46. BLUE PEARMAIN. 
Fruit full medium size; sides inclining to parallelism. Ground color light red, splashed 
with broad purplish stripes, bearing a bloom. Surface dotted; stem rather long. Calyx 
resting in a deep depression. Flesh yellowish, mild, subacid, and pleasant. 
Less productive than the Westfield Seeknofurther. 
