16 Descriptions of Select Varieties of Apples. 



paratively new, and but little disseminated variety. Its ear- 

 liness, combined with its great beauty and good quality, will 

 claim for it a place in every collection. The skin is covered 

 with a bloom as rich and beautiful as a plum. 



Fig. 1 . Red Astrachan. 



Size, large, about three inches broad, and two and a half 

 deep : Form, roundish, flattened at the base, and narrowing 

 little towards the eye : Skin, very fair, smooth, rich brilliant 

 crimson on the sunny side, paler in the shade, though occa- 

 sionally little greenish, sometimes russeted around the stem, 

 dotted with large yellow specks, and covered with a thin 

 whitish bloom : Stem, short, about half an inch in length, 

 rather stout, straight, and moderately inserted in a broad, 

 rather shallow basin : Eye, rather large, partially closed, and 

 slightly depressed in a broad, shallow, and somewhat ridged 

 basin : Flesh, white, with occasional stains of pink, fine, crisp, 

 and tender: Juice, tolerably abundant, subacid and good: 

 Core, large, rather close : Seeds, small, ovate. Ripe in Au- 

 gust and September. 



