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No 144
John Apple (English Cyder)
or 
Deux Ans, or Deux Annee's

Philips Poem on Cider .V 470, "Nor John Apple,
whose withered rind, entrencht with many a furrow
aptly represents decrepid age;"

1816         [sketch of apple]

The John Apple is a small fruit of an oblong
form pointed at the End. skin of a yellow color next
the Stem gradually inclining to a red towards the
blossom end; the flesh yellow rich hard dry & without flavor.
A great keeper (whence the name of Deux Annee's
or at two years) fit for nothing but Cider. The
tree grows in an upright form - the wood of a
yellowish cast, the growth without much vigor.
The fruit hangs late.
        