546 Desci'iptions of Select Varieties of Apples. 



erately vigorous and upright grower, and bears abundant 

 crops every other year. 



Size, large, about three and a quarter inches broad, and 

 three deep : Form, roundish, or roundish conical, largest near 

 the middle, narrowing towards the crown, and slightly to the 

 stem : Skin, fair, smooth, glossy, of a rich yellow, nearly 

 covered with deep orange red, rather indistinctly striped with 

 light crimson, often russeted around the stem, and sparsely 



Fig. 50. Hubbardsion Nonsuch Apple. 



dotted on the surface with large russet specks : Stem, medium 

 length, about three quarters of an inch long, rather slender, and 

 moderately inserted in a broad, regular cavity : Eye, large, 

 partially open, and little sunk in a broad, open, and ribbed 

 basin ; segments of the calyx broad and very short : Flesh, 

 yellowish, rather fine, crisp, and tender: Juice, tolerably 

 abundant, with a rich admixture of sweet and acid, high- 

 flavored and excellent : Co?~e, small, nearly close : Seeds, 

 medium size, plump. Ripe in October and November. 



