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compressed ; caljx closed, small, with short, narrow, acute lobes ; 

 color pale yellow overspread with mottled dark red, splashed and 

 striped with carmine, prevailing effect red; dots numerous, 

 small; stem 11-16 inch long, slender; skin tender, smooth, 

 waxen, covered wath bloom ; core abaxile, open ; core-lines clasp- 

 ing ; calyx-tube short, wdde, conical ; carpels ovate, emarginate ; 

 seed of medium size, wide, plump, obtuse, 4 in number ; flesh 

 yellow, firm, crisp, tender, medium juicy, mild subacid ; good 

 in quaMty. 



This apple is propagated because of its handsome color, good 

 quality, small core and sparsity of seed. The fault that will 

 condemn it if it fails, is small size. 



Rensselaer. Ben Davis X Jonathan. — Tree vigorous, spread- 

 ing, productive; branches stocky; leaves numerous, lys inches 

 wdde, Sy2 inches long, pubescent, with crenate margins; petiole 

 1 5-16 inches long. 



Season, December to February; 2% inches by 2% inches in 

 size, roundish-conic to truncate, uniform; cavity acuminate, 

 deep, greenish-russeted, symmetrical, basin narrow, abrupt, fur- 

 rowed; calyx small, partly opened, wdth obtuse lobes; color yel- 

 low wdtli a dull red blush, splashed with carmine, prevailing- 

 effect red ; dots numerous, large, yellowish ; stem % iuch long, 

 slender ; skin tough, smooth, oily, marked with grayish scarf- 

 skin; core axile, of medium size, closed; core-lines clasping; 

 calyx-tube long, wide, conical ; carpels ovate, emarginate ; seed 

 of medium wadth, long, plump, acute, eight in number ; flesh 

 yellowish, firm, crisp, tender, juicy, subacid, aromatic; of good 

 quality. 



While of but medium size, Rensselaer is so attractive in color 

 and of such high flavor as to make it a valuable dessert fruit. 

 It is of the type of Jonathan both externally and internally. 



Rockland. Ben Davis X Mother. — Tree of medium vigor, 

 somewhat spreading and straggling, productive ; branches rather 

 slender; leaves 2if inches long, 2 inches wide, light green, some- 

 wdiat pubescent, wath serrate margins; petiole liV inches long. 



Season, ISTovember to January ; of medium size, roundish-trun- 

 cate, symmetrical ; cavity acuminate, deep, russeted, symmetri- 

 cal ; basin deep, very wide, abrupt, furrowed ; calyx partly open, 



