THE APPLE. 



flesh yellowish, a little coarse, moderately juicy, mild subacid ; coru 

 lUL-dium. December, March. 



Mathews. 



Origin, on the ftirm of Hugh Foster, near Alton Depot, Nelson Co., 

 Virginia ; tree vigorous, with an open sjireading licad ; an early ami 

 abundant bearer alternate years, and a partial crop the intervening 



y^ays. , ■ , 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate, slightly conic, regular; skin smooth, 

 whitish almost waxen, shaded with pale dull red where exposed, many 

 huge light dots, a portion almost obscure, a few areole ; stalk short, 

 small; cavity medium, regular; calyx small, closed; basin ratlier 

 abrupt, deep, slightly plaited ; flesh white, fine, tender, juicy, mild, 

 pleasant, sprightly subacid ; core medium. October, January. 



May Seek-no-farther. 



An old variety of unknown origin, and the original name also un- 

 known, and was described in Downing's second revised edition, page 270 ; 

 it was once valuable as a long keeper and a profitable market variety, but 

 now nearly out of use ; tree hardy, vigorous, ujjright and very produc- 

 tive alternate years ; it has been grovvn in difterent sections of the coun- 

 try, under the following names, in addition to those named in the second 

 revision. 



Lopside. Romanite, incorrectly. Grcyhouse, incorrectly. 



Hoopes. . Big Romanite. of some. Black Jack. 



Hopson. Black Penuock. Red Everlasting. 



Hopsey. Black Vandervere. Hard Red. 



Hoopes Pearmain. German Spitzenberg. Keystone. 



Gray Romanite, of some. 



Mellinger. 



An old variety of late introduction, found on the Mellinger property, 

 noAV owned by Dr. Mellinger, Manor Township, Pa., anil considered in 

 that neighboihood one of the most valuable and showy aj)i)les of its 

 season; tree healthy,. vigorous, spreading, bearing large crops alternate 

 years, and a light one the intervening ones. 



Fruit medium to large, roundish, or roundish conical; skin smooth, 

 white, mo.stly covered with stripes and broken splashes of light and 

 dark bright red, some of the splashes of a purjjlish red, and moderately 

 s])rinkled with light iJots; stalk short; cavity medium, slight russet ; 

 calyx small, closed ; basin mediimi, rather abrupt, deep, slightly corr-a- 

 gated; flesh quite white, half fine, tender, juicy, sprightly subacid ov 

 vinous ; core medium. September, November. 



