118 Descriptions of Select Varieties of Apples. 



and tender : Juice abundant, rich, subacid, very sprightly and 

 high flavored : Core, medium size, shghtly open : Seeds, 

 rather large, acutely pointed. Ripe in September and October. 



XV. Williams. American Orchardist. 



Williams's Favorite. Fruits and Fruit Trees of America. 

 Williams's Favorite Red. Book of Fruits, 1st Ed.. 

 Williams's Early, of some collections. 



The Williams apple, (fig. 13,) is, perhaps, next to the Red 

 Astrachan, the most beautiful of our summer varieties. The 



Fig-. 13. Williams. 



skin is of the deepest crimson hue, over a paler ground, and 

 possesses a remarkably smooth and glossy surface. It is also 

 of large size, and of superior flavor. 



The Williams originated in that part of Roxbury formerly 

 called Canterbury, upon the farm of Mr. Benjamin Williams, 

 who purchased the land on which it grew nearly a century 

 ago. At an advanced age, high winds partially destroyed 

 the tree, and it was subsequently cut down. Previously, how- 



