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surface of fruit. — Cavity, rather deep and regular, with an occasional 

 sprinkling of light russet. — Flesh, yellowish, white, tender, mild, sub- 

 acid, juicy, sprightly, a mild aroma and delicate flavor. — Core, small, 

 compact. — Seeds, plump, ovate, pyriform. — Season, December to March, 

 but is often kept, without extra care, until June. 



APPLES.— Pryor's Red. 



Synonyms. — Pryor's Late Red — Yellow Pryor. 



This variety bears strong impress of a seedling, from a cross between 

 Westfield Seek-no-farther and Roxbury Russet ; partaking most largely 

 of the Seek-no-farther. The trees are upright, slow growing, healthy, 

 tardy in coming into bearing ; but once in bearing, produce moderate 

 crops every year. In the nursery it is said to succeed best, grafted on 

 strong roots. It evidently requires a rich strong soil, as specimens 

 we have received grown in southern Indiana, measured four inches diam- 

 eter and three inches from stem to eye ; while specimens grown farther 

 north and on poorer soils, were hardly of medium size. 



Size, medium to large. — F(yrra, angular roundish, tapering to the apex, 

 sometimes even broad at the apex, being roundish, angular, flattened. — 

 Color, pale yellow, ground mostly overspread with rich, warm, red rus- 

 set, marbled and splashed with bronzed yellow near the stem, and with 

 yellow russet spots on surface, and often a bloom ; grown in northern 

 localities, it is very little russet, except near the stem, while the russet 



