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Title: The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year ..
Year: 1855 (1850s)
Authors: Thomas, J. J. (John Jacob)
Subjects: Agriculture Agriculture Almanacs, American
Publisher: Albany, N.Y. : Luther Tucker
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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luable apple. Proved only in New-York and New England. Pecks Pleasant. Large, roundish, shape somewhat variable in differ-ent seasons; stem very short; color light green becoming yellow; calyx,or eye, large and open; flesh compact, tender, breaking, with a fine, clear,Newtown Pippin flavor. A good bearer; fruit always fair; poor if tooripe. Origin, Rhode Island; rather new; fine in western New-York. Westfield Seeknofurther. Full medium, roundish, a little conical,very regular; color light,dull red, sometimes much russeted : flesh tender,rich, spicy, and fine. Tree productive, and fruit fair. Fine throughoutthe northern States. Yellow Bellflower. Large when well grown; oblong, somewhatconical towards the apex, more or less irregular; skin pale yellow; flesh ■ led, tender when ripe, juicy, rather acid, becoming milder with /Iri(>emug; flavor excellent. Succeeds well in most of the northern, middle ^and western States, but fails in some localities A ■ —^=® OF RURAL AFFAIRS. 203
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ESOPTTS SPITZENBrRGH. 204 ILLUSTRATED ANNUAL REGISTER Baldwin. Rather large • roundish j color more or less dull red, becom-ing light or yellowish red at maturity; flesh yellowish white, rather coarse,flavor rather rich, mild sub-acid. Varies much in flavor with seasons, cul-ture, locality, and age of tree. A great bearer, young and old; fruit fair,and very popular as a market variety. Succeeds well in the easternStates, in most parts of New-York, and frequently in the middle andwestern States. At the south it becomes a summer apple. Rhode Island Greening. Large, somewhat flattish; color greenishyellow; always smooth and fair; flesh yellow—greenish if much shaded, arich yellow when well exposed—tender, with a rich, rather acid flavor.Well known in New-York and other portions of the north as the mostreliable and profitable market sort. Not sufficiently proved yet at thewest, but does not promise so well there. An autumn apple at the south. Pryors Red. Medium or rather large; roun

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