166 THE APPLE. 



with crimson on a yellow ground ; stem, short ; wide deep cavity ; flesh, 

 yellowish, tender, juicy, pleasant flavor ; " very good' quality. (W. D. B.) 



• Yacht. 



Medium, roundish ; striped with red of various hues on yellowish 

 ground ; stem, half an inch long ; cavity, open, obtuse ; basin, very 

 shallow, plaited ; flesh, fine texture, tender, pleasant flavor ; " very good." 

 (W. D. B.) 



York Imperial. 



Johnson's Fine Winter. 



From York County, Pennsylvania. Size, rather below medium ; trun- 

 cated-oval, angular ; the unexposed side is mottled and striped, so as to 

 present a grayish red aspect on a greenish yellow ground, and, on the 

 sunny side, the color is a dull crimson ; stem, short and moderately stout ; 

 cavity, wide, and rather deep ; calyx, small, closed, and set in a deep, 

 wide, plaited basin ; flesh, greenish white, tender, crisp, juicy ; flavor, 

 pleasant and agreeably saccharine ; quality, at least '■'■good^ to many tastes 

 ''very good." (W. D. B.) 



CLASS III. — Unworthy of Cultivation, 



Alfriston. 



Foreign ; large, oblong, pale green, orange in sun, flesh crisp, acid ; October, 

 December. 



American Pippin. 



Gnnastone, | Green Everlasting. 



Medium, roundish flattened, dull green, patches of dull red, flesh white, firm, 

 acid ; January to June. 



Augustine. 



American ; large, conical, red striped on yellow,'flesh sweet, dry ; August 



^ Aurora. 



Dunlap's Aurora. 



American ; large, red striped on yellow, roundish ovate, flesh yellowish, sub- 

 acid ; early winter. 



AurUMN ROMANITE. 



American ; medium, round, red, flesh yellow ; September 



