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Its flavour is rich and sprightly. Flesh 

 yellowish and crisp ; few taste it with- 

 out admiration. 



The outline is round, flattened atthe 

 stem end and narrowing towards the 

 eye; ground colour yellow obscured by 

 red and crimson shading and slightly 

 marked by russet near the stem, which 

 is rather deeply planted. In season 

 from November to March. 



Lady Apple. Coie. {Pomme d' 

 Api. Rouge. Petit and Gros Api. 

 Rouge, of the French.) (Fig. 9.) The 

 small size of this beautiful fruit may be 



an objection with many, but it is un- 

 doubtedly worthy a place in every 

 orchard irom its exquisite beauty and 

 line quality. The Lady Apple is highly 

 prized wherever quality, rather than 

 bulk is considered as the test of value. 

 At Philadelphia it is a great favourite, 

 and commands ready sale. The out- 

 line is flat, colour when well ripened a 

 lively yellow, with a bright carmine 

 cheek. Flesh white and crisp; juice 

 sprightly and agreeable ; bears abund- 

 antly. Ripe in December, and keeps 

 well during winter. 



Fiff. 9. 



Gloria Mundi. Thomp. Mon- 

 strous Pippen. Coxe. Golden Ball. Ken. 

 (Fig. 10.) Coxe says this imposing ap- 

 ple originated on Long Island, N. Y. 

 Downing supposes it to be originally 

 from Maine; the fact is unimportant. Its 

 large size renders it an object of popular 

 regard; it is an admirable cooking ap- 

 ple though not profitable, from liability 

 lo be blown off prematurely. Skin 

 yellow, marked by bright spots or dots. 

 Flesh juicy and sprightly. The outline 

 is round; stem short; eye bushy. In 

 season, November to March. A speci- 

 men at the Pennsylvania Horticultural 

 Society's exhibition, September, 1846. 

 weighed 27 ounces. 



Bell Flower. (Fig. 11.) "A re- 

 markably large, beautiful and excel- 

 lent apple, both for the dessert and 

 for cooking — it is of a pale, but bright 

 and fair yellow colour; the cheek next 

 the sun has sometimes a blush, but more 

 frequently is without any red : the form 

 is oblong, somewhat pointed at the 

 blossom end — both ends are deeply in- 

 dented — the flesh is rich, juicy, tender 

 and sprightly ; it has uncommonly large 

 full seeds, which are lodged in a peri- 

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carpium of unusual size, and if shaken 

 can be distinctly heard ; it ripens late 

 in October, when its great weight 

 causes it to fall in windy weather — if 

 carefully picked before they are too 

 ripe, tlicy will keep in high perfection 

 through the winter, till late in the 

 spring, especially when they are shrivel- 

 led or wilted — from their beauty and 

 excellence, they arc the most popular 

 apple in the Philadelphia market: the 

 tree grows very large and spreading; it 

 should be trained high, or the liinbs will 

 touch the ground when in full bearing; it 

 succeeds best on light rich soils." — Coxe. 

 Rhode Island Greening. — Coxe. 

 (Fig. 12.) A well known variety, ex- 

 tensively disseminated throughout the 

 Atlantic States. The size is large; 

 outline round ; skin of a yellowish 

 green ; sometimes, though very sel- 

 dom of a faint blush-like hue towards 

 the stem. The flesh is crisp, abounding 

 in juice, finely flavoured; stem short. 

 Calyx rather small for so large an ap- 

 ple, and placed in a shallow basin. In 

 season from October to January, some- 

 times later. 



