VANDERVERE, OF NEW YORK (Downing)--OX-EYE--JOE BERRY, ETC. Origin, Newtown, Long Island. Tree sufficiently vigorous, not of the largest size, spreading, compact, round head, foliage rather small, curled, showing the whitish underside. Productive. Fruit medium to large, regular, globular-oblate, often inclined or lop-sided when overgrown in young orchards, apt to be scabby and defective on old trees, and falls badly; Surface smooth, deep red, mixed and striped, on rich yellow ground, often over-spread with whitish, giving the fruit a gray appearance; Dots numerous, minute, fawn color on dark specimens. Basin medium, regular; Eye small, closed. Cavity regular, medium, brown; Stem short. Core regular, wide, somewhat open, meeting and sometimes clasping the eye; Seeds numerous, angular; Flesh rich, yellow, very fine-grained, very tender, juicy; Flavor rich sub-acid and saccharine, aromatic, eminently satisfying; Quality best, for table and kitchen, in December. =Nickajack.= SUMMEROUR--JACKSON RED--BIG HILL--CAROLINA, AND MANY OTHERS.[49] [Illustration: Fig. 101.--NICKAJACK.] This southern apple, which has extended more widely northward than most of its congeners, is believed to be a native of Macon County, Georgia. Tree robust, spreading, large, very productive, young shoots stout and red. The following description is that of a specimen sent by my friend, R. Peters, of Atlanta, Georgia, but it corresponds in all important particulars with those of fruits obtained from a dozen different sources in our own latitude: Fruit large, globular-oblate, regular, not handsome; surface even but not smooth, mostly covered with mixed brick-dust red, striped indistinctly with dark red, some stripes very distinct; dots scattered, yellow. Basin shallow, regular, even; eye small, closed. Cavity acute, regular, yellow and brown; Stem medium slender. Core closed; Seeds numerous, large, plump; Flesh greenish-yellow, breaking, firm, coarse; Flavor sub-acid, not rich; Quality only good, a market fruit, keeping well; Season March until May. =Nyack.= NYACK PIPPIN. Origin New York; specimen obtained from Mr. E.H. Warren, of Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Fruit medium, flat, uneven; Surface smooth, greenish-yellow, mixed, striped, splashed bright red; Dots numerous, distinct, yellow, indented. Basin shallow, folded; Eye small, closed; Axis short. Cavity wide, deep, wavy, brown; Stem short, thick, knobby. Core rather wide, closed, rather clasping; Seeds large; Flesh white, firm, juicy; Flavor acid, rich; Quality pretty good; Use table, market; Season December. =Ohio Nonpareil.= MYER'S NONPAREIL--WESTERN BEAUTY. [Illustration: Fig. 102.--OHIO NONPAREIL.] This fine fruit originated with Mr. Myers, near Massillon, Ohio. It was described in the Western Horticultural Review for February, 1853.