Descriptions of Select Varieties of Apples. 545 



Size^ large, about three and a quarter inches broad, and 

 two and a half deep : Form, oblate, very regular in outhne, 

 flattened at tlie base, rounding off towards the crown, which 

 is shghtly oblique : Skin, very fair, waxen, clear light 

 yellow, with a deep crimson cheek on the sunny side, quite 

 abruptly shaded off: Ste7Ji, short, less than half an inch long, 

 rather slender, and inserted in a moderately deep and very 

 open cavity : Eije, medium size, partially open, and little 

 sunk in a broad, rather shallow, and nearly smooth basin ; 

 segments of the calyx, broad, short : Flesh, white, fine, crisp 

 and very tender : Juice, plentiful, subacid, pleasant, but not 

 high flavored : Core, medium size, nearly closed : Seeds, 

 small, angular, light brown. Ripe in August and September. 



LI. Sops of Wine. Hort. Soc. Catalogue, 3d Ed., 1842. 



Sops in Wine. Hogg's Pomology. 

 Sapson. Kenrick's American Orchardist. 



The Sops of Wine (fig. AO) is a pleasant and beautiful 

 summer or fall apple, of English origin, whose merits appear 

 to have been overlooked by our cultivators. Among many 

 of the American varieties, which are now so numerous and 

 fine, this apple, it is true, will not hold an equal rank ; yet it 

 has merits which entitle it to a place in the amateur's collec- 

 tion, if not in the orchard of the extensive cultivator fci the 

 market. It is a brilliant and handsome fruit, always fair; 

 and its flesh, which is peculiarly tender, is tinged with pink 

 throughout, as if it had been sopped in wine, from whence 

 its name. 



The tree is vigorous, and of good form, somewhat spread- 

 mg, and a great as well as a rather early bearer. Its season 

 is from August to October. 



Size, medium, about two and three quarter inches broad.. 

 and two and a half deep : Form, roundish, slightly ribbed, 

 narrowing little to the eye : Ski7i, fair, smooth, light red, 

 nearly covered with bright purplish red, in somewhat indis- 

 tinct streaks, often yellowish on the shaded side, dotted 

 with yellow specks, and overspread with a delicate whitish 

 bloom : Stem, short, about half an inch long, slender, and 



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