THE APPLE. -iO 



Cross, 



Bale's Seedling. 



Origin, farm of Christian Dale, near Boalsbiirg, Pa. ; tree of upright 

 moderate growth ; great bearer alternate years, and valuable for makiua 

 apple bii-tter. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate conic, sides often xmequal; skin white, 

 shaded, striped and splashed with light and dark rich red, and many 

 whitish dots ; stalk short, small ; cavity medium ; calyx closed ; basin 

 rather small, slighth^ corrugated ; flesh white, fine, tender, mild subacid, 

 or almost sweet ; core small. September, October. 



Deane. 

 Xine Ounce. 



Origin \mknown, supposed to be East "Wilton, Maine, where it is 

 considered the best a])ple of its season ; tree vigorous, spreading, bear- 

 ing abundantly alternate years, and a light crop the intervening ones. 



Fruit medium, oblate to roundish oblate conic, angular, slightly ob- 

 lique, and flattened at the base ; skin whitish, shaded and rather obscxire- 

 1}' splashed and mottled with light red, and moderately sprinkled with 

 yellowish dots, a few being areole ; stalk short, small ; cavity rather 

 lai'ge, a little greenish ; calyx closed ; basin medium, slightly corr\igated ; 

 flesh quite white, fine, tender, juicy, sprightly subacid or, vinous ; core 

 medium. September, October. 



