264 THE APPLE. 



Fruit above medium, oblate, crimson red. Flesli yellowish, ricb, aro- 

 matic subacid. October, November. 



Mammoth June. 



Origin, Christian Co., Ky. Tree an x;priglit, moderate grower ; not 

 an early bearer. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate conic, whitish yellow, stiiped and 

 splashed -with shades of red, light dots. Flesh very white, tender, not 

 very juicy, mild subacid. Good. July, Avigust. 



Manaen. 



This variety was gi'own from seed of the Talman Sweet, by F, E« 

 Miller, Sugar Grove, Warren Co., Pa., and first fruited in 1867. The 

 ti'ee is said to be a thrifty, upright gi'ower. Young wood dark reddish 

 browm, with a few white raised dots, and slightly do"svTiy. Leaf broad, 

 roundish oval, coarsely serrated. 



Fruit medium size, roundish oblate conical, irregular, or partially 

 ribbed, pale whitish yellow, with deep carmine dots and marblings in 

 sun, russet lines radiating from the stalk, scattering minute, raised, gi'ay, 

 or russet dots in the shade. Stalk slender. Cavity deep, broad, ojjen, 

 russeted. Calyx 23artially closed, with erect recurved, divided segments. 

 Basin rather deep, abrupt, generally ii-regular in form, usually clean and 

 smooth, but occasionally with russeted broken lines. Flesh yellowish 

 white, gi-anulated, tender, moderately juicy, mild sweet, aromatic. Very 



Mangum. 



good, . Core small. Seeds dark rich bro^Ti, oblong, pointed. Season, 

 last of August and September. . A new variety of fine promise as an 

 amateur's fruit. (Ilux-al New Yoi'ker.) 



