74 THE APPLE. 



sometimes slightly rose-colored, tender, juicy, subacid, pleasant. Core 

 lai"ge, open. October to February. (An. Pom.) 



Agnes's. 



Origin, Lancaster Co., Pa. Fruit latlier below medium, oblate, 

 somewhat oblique. Skin yellowish, striped, and shaded with red, and 

 sprinkled with light brown dots. Stalk short and small, inserted in a 

 large cavity. Calyx closed, in a medium basin. Flesh tender, with a 

 spicy, pleasant, subacid flavor. " Good," September, October. 



AlLES. 



Origin, Chester Co., Pa., of vigorous growth, and productive. Fruit 

 large, oblate, yellowish, shaded and striped with red. Stalk short. Cavity 

 narrow. Calyx in a round moderate basin. Flesh yellow, fime, crisp, 

 juicy, with a rich vinous flavor. Good. Highly esteemed for cooking, 

 not in eating till spring, and will keep till midsummer. 



Alant. 



Pomme d'Auuee. 



Probably of German origin. Tree slender, short jointed. Young 

 shoots reddish-brown. 



Fruit medium, truncated conic, greenish-yellow, with indistinct dots. 

 Calyx small. Basin deep. Stalk short. Cavity deep. Flesh yellow, 

 tender, juicy, with a cinnamon aroma. Winter. (Verg.) 



ALEXA>iDER. 



Emperor Alexander. Russian Emperor. Aporta. 



Victoria, incorrectly. 



A very large, showy Russian vai'iety. Tree vigorous, spreading, 

 productive. Fruit very large, regularly formed, conical. Skin greenish- 

 yellow, faintly streaked with red on the shaded side, but orange, bril- 

 liantly streaked, and marked with bright red in the sun. Calyx large, 

 set in a deep basin. Stalk rather slender, three-fourths of an inch long, 

 planted in a deep cavity. Flesh yellowish- white, crisp, tender, and 

 juicy, with a rather pleasant flavor. Good. October to December. 



Alfriston. 



Lord Gwydr's Newtown Pippin. Oldaker's New 



Shepherd's Pippin. Baltimore, incorrectly. 



A third-rate Apple, valued in England for cooking. Fruit large, 

 roundish, a little ribbed, and rather bi'oadest at the base, pale greenish- 

 yellow. Flesh yellowish-white, crisp, tender, with a tolerable, some- 

 what acid flavor. Good. October to January. 



Allemand. 



Pepin d'Or Allemand. 



Of Hanoverian origin. Tree a slender grower. Fruit small, coiu- 

 cal truncated, pale yellow, with pearl-color spots. Flesh yellow, fine, 

 tender, sugary vinous. Winter. (Virg.) 



