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INTRODUCTION.
Baxter's Pippin.
Fruit large, oblong, and of a green and red
colour; it ripens in October, and continues till
June; flesh firm and sugary; tree handsome,
good bearer, and much esteemed fruit.
Eve.
Fruit large, round, and of a red and green
colour; it ripens in October, and lasts till July;
pulp soft and juicy; a hardy tree, propagated by
cuttings; a good bearer, and useful fruit.
Dredge's Beauty of Wilts.
Fruit medium size and oval form, of a bright
yellow, spotted with red; it ripens in October,
and lasts till March; pulp Arm and juicy; a great
bearer, and one of the best apples grown in point
of usefulness.
Franklin's Golden Pippin.
Fruit a medium size, conical, of a golden yellow
colour, with dark spots; it ripens in November,
and continues till March; flesh firm, and highly
aromatic; tree rather slender, and middling
bearer, but an excellent fruit. The fruit should
hang on the tree till it falls off.
Alexander the Great.
Fruit very large, obt usely conical, and of a red
and green colour; it ripens In November, and