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STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Perry Russet—(Syn. Golden Russet.) —Tree moderate 
grower, with redish, brown wood, beautiful and spreading in 
the orchard, but good nursery tree as it loses nothing by going 
backward, and has no waste wood if properly summer-pruned 
by the hand. 
It was formerly introduced into this State from Western 
New York, under the above names, but seems to have been 
lost sight of by Eastern fruit growers. 
It finds a congenial home in the rich prairie soils of the 
North-west, to which, its extreme hardiness and uniformity of 
growth seem adapted. 
Fruit above medium size; nearly round, often little flattened 
conical; color yellow, evenly russeted with many specks and 
small, closed, basin narrow, plaited; core, oval, seeds large, 
black, flesh coarse, greenish, streaked with pink, firm, juicy, 
mild, good. January till spring. 
Talman Sweet. —Tree, vigorous, spreading in the orchard; 
very productive; fruit, medium size, pale yellow, with shade of 
red in the sun, and often one or more brownish lines running from 
stem to calyx; flesh, firm, rich and very sweet, excellent baking 
and stock apple. November to April. 
PERRY RUSSET. 
