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No 174

Lobb Apple

This is an apple below the middle size. The skin is rough,
red streaked with yellow, the flesh rich, yellow and firm.
It has some spots or protuberances of Russet, and the hollow
of the Stalk which is very deep, has a good deal of the Russet.
The Stalk is about half an Inch long.  The crown is large &
deep. The taste of the apple resembles that of the Vandevere.
(It appears to be a good keeping apple. Dec. 31, 1812 / brought
from Abingdon [Abington] Philada [Philadelphia] County [illegible])

Oct 31. 1812.

[sketch of apple] 
        