. Tree
vigorous, stout, spreading grower, hardy; does not come early into
bearing. Young wood grayish brown, slightly downy. Fruit medium, oblate,
whitish, mostly overspread, striped, splashed and mottled with shades of
red. Flesh whitish, tinged with pink, juicy, pleasant subacid. Good.
Core small. September.

ENGLISH SWEET.

_Synonyms_: Ramsdell's Sweet, Ramsdell's Sweeting, Ramsdell's Red
Pumpkin Sweet, Avery Sweet, and Ramsdell's Red Winter.

This old variety is esteemed where grown for the large crops which it
bears, and as a showy sweet apple for market, and profitable for stock
feeding, as well as superior for cooking. The tree is very vigorous,
grows remarkably straight and upright, comes early into bearing, and
yields enormously every year. Young shoots clear, reddish brown,
slightly grayish. Fruit rather above medium size, oblong, regularly
shaped, and tapering slightly towards the eye; dark red, dotted with
fawn-colored specks, and covered with a blue bloom. Flesh yellowish,
very tender and mellow, usually sweet and rich. Good to very good. In
weight the apple is light. October to February.

WHITE JUNEATING.

_Synonyms_: Joanneting, Juniting, Gennetting, Primiting, May of
Virginia, Jennetting, Juneting, May Pippin, Caroline, Early May, Owen's
Golden Beauty, Juneating, Ginetting, Early Jennetting, Yellow May,
Carolina.

This is an old variety, mentioned by Evelyn in 1660, and described by
Ray in 1688, and is a very tolerable little apple, ripening among the
very earliest, during the last of June and the first of July. It is very
distinct from the Early Harvest, sometimes called by this name. Tree a
moderate grower, and forms a roundish, upright, spreading head.
Productive. Fruit small, round, a little flattened. Calyx closed. Stalk
rather long and slender. Pale green at first, light yellow with
sometimes a faint blush on the sunny side. Flesh crisp and of a pleasant
flavor, but soon becomes dry. Good.

HUBBARDSTON NONSUCH.

_Synonyms_: John May, Old Town Pippin, and Hubbardston.

A fine, large, early winter fruit, which originated in the town of
Hubbardston, Mass. The tree is a vigorous grower, forming a handsome
branching head, and bears very large crops. Young shoots dull, grayish
brown, slightly downy. It is worthy of extensive orchard culture. Fruit
large, roundish oblong, much narrowed near the eye. Skin smooth, striped
with splashes and irregular broken stripes of pale and bright red, w