THE APPLE. 283 



Fruit medium, roundidli conical, yellow, mucli striped with red. 

 Flesh yellowish white, juicy, rich, aromatic, subacid. November tc 

 March. (Hogg.) 



Muster. 



Origin unknown. 



Fruit oblate, yellow, mostly covered with mixed red and splashes of 

 crimson. Flesh yellow, fine-grained, tender, juicy, subacid, aromatic 

 Best. Core small. August and September. (Warder.) 



Naigle's Winter. 



Origin, Missoui-i. Tree upright while young, becoming drooping 

 when in fruit ; very productive. 



Fruit medium, roundish, flattened at ends. Color a bright yellow, 

 covered with two shades of red, many large yellow gray dots, light blue 

 bloom. Calyx closed. Stalk short. Flesh white, crisp, tender, juicy, 

 mild subacid. Core small. Very good. December, February. (Hort.) 



lSrAX>rY. 



An English Apple, which Hogg describes as of excellent quality. 

 Tree a moderate grower and good bearer. 



Fruit medium, roundish, yellow, striped and splashed with shadea 

 of deep red, russet dots. Flesh yellow, rather soft, juicy, subacid. Oc- 

 tober. 



Nantahalee. 

 Maiden's Bosom. 



Originated in Macon Co., Ala. Tree a rapid grower, of rather a 

 straggling, drooping habit. Young shoots dull grayish reddish brown. 



Fruit medium, broad oblate conic, often contracted near the apex, 

 ribbed, pale yellowish green, sprinkled with a few gray dots. Stalk 

 medium. Cavity large, uneven. Calyx closed. Segments rather long, 

 a little recurved. Basin small, corrugated. Flesh white, tender, juicy, 

 sprightly acid. Good. Core large. July, August. 



Nectar. 



Origin, near Raleigh, N. C. 



Fruit medium, oblate, green. Calyx closed. Stalk short. Flesh 

 yellowish, juicy, rich, saccharine. August. (Gar. Mon.) 



Ned. 

 Saylor. Libhart. 



Originated at Marietta, Pa. Tree vigorous, rather straggling, with 

 slender shoots, dark reddish brown, slightly grayish, very productive. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate, slightly conic, yellow, shaded, 

 striped, and splashed with two shades of dark rich red, and sprinkled 

 with large light conspicuous dots. Stalk shoi't, slender. Calyx large. 

 Flesh white, tender, juicy, mild, pleasant subacid. Core small. Good 

 to very good. December to February. 



