236 DESCRIPTION OF APPLES AND PEARS. 



Grimes Golden. Fair to good grower in the 

 nursery. Bark, shoots and foliage, light color. In 

 orchard is a very symmetrical roundish upright tree 

 with heavy foliage; hardiness, 6; fruit medium size, 

 symmetrical, or parallel sides with base and apex 

 flattened; irregular; surface smooth at base, russeted 

 near apex, and when fully ripe a dark lemon yellow; 

 quality best; flesh, yellowish green, fine grained, 

 melting and juicy, with a sub-acid aromatic, spicy 

 and refreshing flavor. Use, cooking and dessert, 

 especially the latter. 



Aliens Choice. Tree in nursery strong, upright 

 grower, resembling the Haas; hardiness, in nursery, 

 5, said to be 3 or better in orchard; fruit, medium, 

 roundish ovate, striped with light and dark red; 

 coarse grained, but good sub-acid aromatic flavor. 

 Season, late winter. 



Wythe. This is a seedling of the Rawles Janet, 

 which it very closely resembles both in tree and 

 fruit, being very often mistaken for that variety. 

 It will be only necessary to say that it is hardier 

 than the Janet, with larger fruit and a little better 

 in quality, and without the tendency of that variety 

 to over bear; season same as Janet. Said to crack 

 and scab as the tree gets age. 



Pattens Greening is thus described by the orig- 

 inator, C. G. Patten of Iowa. " A seedling of the 

 Oldenburg planted by us in the fall of 1869, has 

 borne ten years, and in 1888, after all the trying 

 winters, bore fully 5 bushels; stands on trying 

 ground, but made a fine growth; strongly shoul- 



