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a delicious and high flavored little dessert apple. December 
to March. 
Winter Wine Sap. (Wine Sap of Elliot.)—Very vigorous, 
hardy, spreading grower, distinguished by its polished, dark 
colored wood, successful on all soils; fruit, medium to small, 
conical, mostly bright red; flesh, fine grained, tender, juicy, 
sub-acid. January to March. 
SWEET WINE 
Sweet Wine. —Tree, very hardy, upright, strong grower, with 
wine colored bark; good bearer with age; medium size, round, 
dull red blush on greenish yellow; flesh, white, tender, good 
eating, cooking and stock apple. In use through the winter. 
Northern Spy. —Tree, moderate erect grower, requires dry 
soil and high culture, tardy bearer, but productive with age; 
fruit large, round, striped, becoming brilliant at full maturity, 
delicately coated with bloom; stem, short, in a w r ide, deep cav¬ 
ity; core, small, round, seeds small; flesh, white, fine grained, 
firm, juicy, sub-acid, retaining its freshness of flavor and ap¬ 
pearance till June. 
Canada Black. —Tree, very vigorous, upright grower, dark 
wood, with many small shoots, extremely hardy and productive 
with age; fruit, medium to large, oval, green mostly covered 
with dark red; stem, short, thick; cavity, narrow, shallow, calyx 
