34 THE APPLE. 



moderately sprinkled with liglit and gi'ay dots; stalk short; cavit; 

 large, deep ; calyx closed ; basin of medium size, slightly cornigat(id , 

 flesh whitish, half fine, crisp, tender, jnicy, sprightly subacid ; good tc 

 very good ; core medium ; ripens from the middle of July to the middle 

 of September. 



Stayjian's Summer. 



Originated on the gi-ounds of Dr. J. Stayman, Leavenworth, Kan- 

 sas. Tree hardy, vigorous, spreading, irregular, tough, w-iry, droops 

 like a weeping willow with ropes of fruit, never breaking a limb ; an 

 early bearer and very productive, very nearly equal to Benoni and Sum- 

 mer Pearmain, and handsomer. 



Fruit medium, round, regular, approaching conic; skin smooth, 

 gi-eenish yellow, splashed and striped with red and purple, covered with 

 a white bloom; dots small, gi'ay, scattered; stem medium, rather slen- 

 der ; cavity narrow, deep, ii-regiilar, russeted ; eye very small, closed ; 

 basin narrow, shallow, furrowed ; core small, slightly open ; flesh green- 

 ish white, very, juicy, brittle, sprightly, high flavored, mild acid ; very 

 good ; use, kitchen, table, and market. August, September. — ( Wester u 

 JPomologist.) 



Stribling. 



Originated with the late William Stribling, Medon, Tenn. Tree a 

 good gi'ower, rather upright, foi'ming a regular round head ; an early 

 annual and abundant beai-er ; young shoots reddish brown. 



Stribling 



Fruit medium, oblate, slightly angiilar ; skin whitish, nea-ily coveiecf 

 with stripes and splashes of light and dark i-ich red — some of the 



