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No 181

<s>Paradise</s> Apple

1809
July 25.

This is a small tree or rather Bush not larger tha a Currant
bush, produced from Suckers and bearing very abundantly a
pretty looking yellow apple of a <s>midling</s> small size, of a sweet tast
and very pleasant for early fruit ripening in the latter part of
July.  They will frequently bear the second year from the
transplanting, and if not kept clean from suckers, form bushes
like currants, but grow large if kept trimmed to a single
stalk.  They are much used for grafting Dwarf garden or Espalier
trees on when they bear uncommonly large fruit, but are
not long lived.

[sketch of apple]

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A correct drawing of the Paradise Apple
[illegible] Aug 7. 1815
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