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No 32

Harrison or Long Stem Apple

The Harrison is the celebrated Newark or
Orange Cider Apple.  Its shape is long, produces
or pointed towards the blossom end,  the stalk is inserted
in a very deep hollow, and is full an inch
in length, the skin is yellow without any blush
and rather rough to the touch, which is caused by
a number of small but very distinct black
spots on the surface.  The flesh is singularly
rich, yellow, firm and tough, resembling that
of a quince, the taste is pleasant and sprightly,
but rather dry. The cyder produced from
this apple is clear, high coloured, rich and
lively, and sell for the highest price of any fruit
liquor in New York.  The fruit becomes ripe
about the beginning of November, when it
falls and is fit for making cider.
It is singularly free from rotting, and is much
improved by being housed and manufactured
into cider after lying a few weeks in the house to
ripen for the latest in the season.  The tree is of an
upright, vigorous growth, the limbs are apt to
produce number suckers.  The wood is very
hard & wiry, and the tree is among the most hardy,
and being of native origin appears particularly
suited to our climate.  A barrel of Harrison apple
cider produces 14 quarts of proof spirits. Apples sell in
plentiful years for 3/9 p Bus. It required 10 bushels for
a barrel of Cider. Kept one of these
apples to March 25, 1816
It was much
wilted.                   [sketch of apple]
        