18 DescripiioTis of Select Varieties of Apples. 



yellow, fine, crisp, and tender : Juice, abundant, rich, vinous, 

 high-flavored, and excellent : Core, medium size, close : Seeds, 

 medium size, pale brown. Ripe in August and September. 



XII. Garden Royal. 



Mr. Manning, of the Pomological Garden, first introduced 

 this apple, {fig. 3,) to our notice, and, the past season, gave 

 us some fine specimens, from which our drawing and descrip- 

 tion have been made. It originated in Sudbury, on the farm 

 of Mr. D. Bouker, and the original tree now produces very 

 fine crops, which bring a good price in the market. It is cer- 

 tainly one of the tenderest fleshed apples we have ever eaten, 

 and possesses a flavor as delicate as some pears. It is rather 

 below medium size, but it is of regular form, and a very hand- 

 some fruit. We esteem it as one of the very best apples un- 

 der cultivation ; its size only prevents it from being placed at 

 the head of all our early autumn apples. 



Fig. 3. Garden Royal. 



Size, medium, about two and a half inches broad, and two 

 and a half deep : Form, round, very regular, and slightly flat- 

 tened at each end : Skin, fair, smooth, with a rich, deep yellow 

 ground, nearly covered with distinct stripes of deep orange-red 

 and dark crimson, and dotted with scattered yellow specks : 

 Stem, short, about half an inch in length, slender, straight, and 



