THE APPLE. 301 



Pearson's Plate. 



A variety from England, which has a very high reputation. 



Fruit small, about two and a half inches in diameter, regularly 

 formed, flat, greenish yellow, becoming yellow, with a little red in the 

 sun. Flesh white, crisp, tender, sprightly subacid. Good. February, 

 IVfarch. Core small. 



Peck's Pleasant. 



Waltz Apple. 



A first-rate fruit in all respects, belonging to the Ne-\vtown Pippin 

 class. It has long been cultivated in Rhode Island, where, Ave think, it 

 originated, and in the northern part of Connecticut, and deserves ex- 

 tensive dissemination. It considei*ably i-esembles the Yellow Newtown 

 Pippin, with more tender flesh, and is scarcely inferior to it in flavor. 



Peck's Pleasant. 



The tree is a moderate, upright spreading grower, but bears regu- 

 larly and well, and the fruit commands a high price in the market. The 

 apples on the lower branches of old ti-ees are flat, while those on the 

 upper branches are nearly conical. Young shoots reddish brown, slightly 

 downy. 



Fruit above medium size, roundish, a little ribbed, and slightly flat- 

 tened, with an indistinct furrow on one side. Skin smooth, and when 

 first gathered, gi-een, with a little dark red ; but when ripe a beautiful 

 clear yellow, with bright blush on the sunny side and near the stalk, 

 marked with scattered gray dots. The stalk is peculiarly fleshy and 

 flattened, short, and sunk in a wide, rather wavy cavity. Calyx woolly, 

 sunk in a narrow, abruptly, and pretty deeply sunk basin. Flesh yel- 

 lowish, fine-grained, juicy, crisp and tender, with a delicious, high aro- 

 matic sprightly subacid. ^ Very good or best. November to March. 



