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WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Smith's Cider (erroneously called Plumb’s Cider,) originated 
in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and has proved as hardy in 
our state as the Russian varieties already mentioned. Judged 
by the test on which the preceding classification was made, it 
should be placed with the Iron Clads ; we have assigned it the 
third place in our list. 
Plumb's Cider* —So named by our State Horticultural So¬ 
ciety, but pronounced by Dr. Warder as identical with Smith’s 
Cider. This is a good market apple, and is used mostly for 
cooking purposes and for cider. It has a peculiar spicy flavor, 
not agreeable to all tastes, and if used with some other variety, 
makes the best of pies and sauce. Tree vigorous, hardy, pro¬ 
ductive and early bearer; limbs straggling; shoots rather slen¬ 
der, light olive; foliage large, light green; fruit medium to 
large, round, varying from flattened to elongated, nearly 
round, sometimes lop-sided; surface smooth, pale yellow, cov¬ 
ered with mixed light red, splashed indistinctly with bright 
earmine, beautiful; dots distinct, large, light gray ; basin shal¬ 
low, wide, somewhat plaited; eye small, closed; cavity acute, 
regular, brown; stem rather long, variable; seeds numerous, 
plump, pointed; flesh white, breaking, juicy; flavor acid or 
sub-acid, aromatic, peculiar; quality good for cooking and for 
cider; season, November to March. 
All things considered, this variety will give good satisfac¬ 
tion in this state. 
Alexander. —Although this variety was taken from the list 
recommended by our State Horticultural Society at the winter 
meeting of 1870, by the vote of a small majority of the mem¬ 
bers present, it has many friends. Those who voted to remove 
it from the list were invariably located in sections where the 
soil is light and sandy ; which alone will account for its rejec- 
* This description is evidently the one usually given for Smith’s Cider as known at the 
east, and as there is still some doubt in regard to the identity of the two varieties, it 
seems advisable in this connection to insert the description given by Mr. Plumb, who 
introduced the variety in question into this state: 
“Plumb’s Cider. —Resembles the St.Lawrence tree, but more vigorous, great bearer, 
very hardy and productive; fruit round, slightly oval, medium sized, red striped; stem 
slender, in a very narrow, deep cavity; oalyx, small, closed, slight basin; core open; 
seeds many, small, long ovate; flesh, white, tender, brisk, sub-acid; excellent cooking 
and eating. September to January. Has been cultivated in the west for the last seven¬ 
teen years, supposed to be an old variety by some, but has not yet been identified.’’ 
