BALDWIN.

_Synonyms_: Woodpecker, Pecker, Steel's Red Winter, Red Baldwin, and
Butters.

The Baldwin stands at the head of all New England apples, and is
unquestionably a first-rate fruit in all respects. It is a native of
Massachusetts, and is more largely cultivated for the Boston market than
any other sort. Tree vigorous, upright, spreading, productive. Young
shoots dull reddish brown. Fruit large, roundish, and narrowing a little
to the eye. Color yellow in the shade, but nearly covered and striped
with crimson, red, and orange in the sun, dotted with a few russet dots,
and with radiating streaks of russet about the stalk. Calyx closed, and
set in a rather narrow plaited basin. Stalk half to three-fourths of an
inch long, rather slender for so large a fruit, planted in an even,
moderately deep cavity. Flesh yellowish white, crisp, with that
agreeable mingling of the saccharine and acid which constitutes a rich,
high flavor. Very good. The tree is a vigorous, upright grower, and
bears most abundantly. Ripe from November to March, but with us it is
perfection in January.

GOLDEN SWEET.

_Synonyms_: Orange Sweeting and Early Golden Sweet.

A celebrated Connecticut fruit. Tree very vigorous, spreading, forming a
tree of moderate size, hardy and very productive. Young shoots reddish
brown. Fruit above the medium size, roundish, scarcely flattened, fair,
and well formed; when fully ripe, pale yellow or straw color. Stalk
about an inch long, slender at its junction with the fruit. Calyx
closed, and set in a basin of moderate depth. Flesh tender, sweet, rich,
and excellent. Good to very good. August and September. A valuable sort
for cooking, market, or stock feeding.

COOPER'S EARLY (WHITE).

Grown in Illinois and other Western states, where it is regarded by many
as productive and profitable. Fruit medium, roundish, little flattened,
pale yellow with faint blush, tinge of green at the stem. Flesh white,
crisp, sprightly. September and October. (Elliott).

NORTHERN SPY.

This beautiful American fruit is one of the most delicious, fragrant and
sprightly of all late dessert apples. It ripens in January, keeps until
June, and always commands the highest market price. The tree is of
rapid, upright growth, and bears moderate crops. It originated on the
farm of Herman Chapin, of East Bloomfield, near Rochester, N. Y. The
trees require high culture, and open heads to let in the sun; otherwise
the fruit is wa