New England Russet

Boston or Roxbury Russet or Russeting. (Fig. 13.) This is claimed as a native of Massachusetts, and is held throughout New England in high repute. It is usually considered the best of its class popularly termed "leather-coats." The size is full medium; form irregularly round, flattened at both stem and blossom end. When fully ripe of a russet hue, occasionally with indications of blush. It is in season at mid-winter, but may be kept till May or June; indeed they may be seen sometimes in July. This property of long keeping in connection with its productive habit, has secured it great popularity.

Fig. 13. - (P. 50).

Yellow Newtown Pippin

(Fig. 14.) "This is in most of its varieties the finest apple of our country, and probably of the world. It varies much in quality, with soil, aspect, cultivation, climate and age. The form is rather flat, the size large, the skin a greenish yellow, with black clouds, and frequently with red spots or blotches. It ripens in November, and is often kept till May and June. It will produce fine apples on even a light sandy soil, aided by the application of river or meadow mud as a manure, two or three cart loads to a tree." - Coxe.

Fig. 14. - (P. 50).

Wine Apple

(Fig. 15.) This is a well known variety in Philadelphia. It is unusually large, and attractive from its beautifully fair and handsome appearance. The outline is round, rather flattened at the poles; prevailing colour red, shaded and spotted with yellow. Stalk quite short, never rising to the crown of the fruit, which is occasionally of a russet hue, Calyx large and deeply seated, ripe in October, and in eating through the antumn and winter. It is equally adapted to the table, kitchen and press. The habit of the tree is open, growth large and handsome.

Fig. 15. - (P. 51).

Aesopus Spitzenburg

Thomp. Lind. Ken. (Fig. 16.) There are but few, very few apples to which higher rank is awarded than to this variety, which has the rare advantage of beauty and goodness combined. It is said to have originated at AEsopus on the Hudson river. The size full medium, with an oblong outline. Skin fair and smooth, of a fine clear red, in some specimens of a brilliant hue on the sunny side, the opposite of a yellowish cast. Flesh yellow, and in the lan-guage ofCoxe,"singularly rich, juicy and sprightly." Stem of medium length, well planted. Calyx in a shallow depression. In season November to February.

Fig. 16. - (P. 51).

Kaighn's Spitzenburg

Coxe. (Fig. 17.) This variety takes its name from the original cultivator, the late Joseph Kaighn, of Kaighn's Point, New Jersey.

It somewhat resembles the AEsopus Spitzenburg. Colour bright red, delicately streaked and marked by white dots, which strongly characterize it. Skin smooth; flesh juicy and well flavoured: stem rather long, deeply seated; blossom end frequently more pointed than in the drawing.

Fig. 17. - (P .51).