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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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NORTHERN SPY. Northern Spy. Large, roundish conical; handsomely striped withred; flesh tender; flavor mild and agreeable, spicy, excellent—which itretains with remarkable freshness late into spring. Tree a vigorous andvery upright grower; long in coming into bearing; needs thinning out inpruning; requires rich and high culture. Newtown Pippin. Above medium; roundish, somewhat irregular;dull green, becoming yellowish green; flesh greenish white, juicy, crisp,fine grained, with a high, excellent flavor. Tree of slowgi-owth; barkrough. Often scabby, unless with high culture. Succeeds well in New-York and the western States; poor in New England. ^Di
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NEWTOWN PIPPIN. RoxBURY Russet. Size medium j commonly flattish; mostly coveredwith rather rough russet, on a greenish yellow skin; flesh rather granular,crisp, with a good sub-acid flavor. Growth spreading; shoots downy.Uniformly fair and productive. A famous market fruit in the northernStates, and succeeds in many places at the west. English Russet, or Poughkeepsie Russet. Rather below medium insize; roundish, or roundish-conical; more or less russeted, on a light,greenish yellow skin; flesh greenish or yellowish white, rather firm, with asub-acid, good flavor. Will often keep twelve months. A profuse bearer.This is distinguished from the Roxbury Russet by the upright growth ofthe young trees and shoots. WINTER SWEET APPLES—IN THE ORDER OF RIPENING. Bailey Sweet. Large; ovate; mostly a full, bright red; flesh verytender, not juicy, with a mild, rich, sweet flavor. New. Not provedmuch out of western New-York. Wells Sweeting. Size medium; roundish; color light green; fleshwhite, ten

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