A dictionary of modern gardening - University Library

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apples on even a light sandy soil, aided
by the application of river or meadow
Fig. 11.— (P. 49.)
mud as a manure, two or three cart
loads to a tree." Coxe.
WiNF. Apple. (Fig. 1.5.) 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
rod, 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.
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.-Esopus 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 j^Lsopus 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 thelanguage
ofCoxe, "singularly rich, juicy and
sprightly." Stem of medium length, well
planted. Calyx in a shallow depression.
In season November to February.
IvAicirN's SpiTzrNBURG. Coxe. (Fig.
17.) This variety takes its name from
the original cultivator, the late Joseph
Kaighn, of Kaighn's Point, New Jersey.