182 DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF APPLES. 



SELECT DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF APPLES, 



Continued from page 46, Part III. 



BEAUTY OF KENT. Fruit very large, roundish, but flat at the base ; skin 

 smooth, greenish yellow, with stripes of purplish red ; flesh juicy, crisp, and 

 tender, with an agreeable sub-acid flavour : in October and November. 



CANADIAN REINETTE, Reinette du Canada blanche, Portugal Apple, Grosse 

 Reinelte d'Angletene, Pomme du Caen, Mela Janurea. Fruit large, broad, 

 and flat ; skin greenish yellow, tinged with brown ; flesh yellowish white, 

 firm, juicy, and of a high sub-acid flavour: from December to March. 



CHANDLER. A native winter fruit of Pomfret, Connecticut. Large, round- 

 ish, slightly flattened ; skin thickly streaked with dull red on a greenish yellow 

 ground with gray dots ; flesh greenish white, tender, juicy, and rich. 



COURT OF WICK PIPPIN, Fry's Pippin, Golden Drop, Wood's Transparent 

 Pippin, Phillip's Reinette, Knightwick Pippin. An English winter variety, 

 well adapted for Canada or Maine. Fruit below the middle size, regularly 

 formed, roundish-ovate ; skin greenish yellow, mottled with orange and ret! at 

 maturity; flesh pale yellow, tender, juicy, and high flavoured. 



DUTCH MIGNONNE, Reinette Dor'ce, Ptmme de Laak, Paterrosfer Apple. A 

 winter fruit, large, roundish ; skin dull orange, streaked and moltled with red, 

 dotted with russet ; flesh crisp ; juice plentiful, witli a delicious aromatic flavour. 



EASTER PIPPIN, Claremont Pippin, Ironstone Pippin, Young's Long 

 Keeping, French Crab. Fruit middle size, somewhat globular; skin deep 

 green, shaded with a pale livid brown; flesh very firm, and though not juicy, 

 of a good, sub-acid flavour. This variety will keep sound two years. 



HEREFORDSHIRE PEARMAIN, Winter Pearmain, Royal Pearmain, Royale 

 d' Angleterre. A fine winter dessert fruit above medium size, form oblong; 

 skin russety green, mottled with red, and dotted with grayish specks ; flesh 

 tender, with pleasant aromatic flavour. Tree an abundant bearer. 



LYSCUM, Osgood's Favourite. A Massachusetts variety of merit. Fruit 

 large, round ; skin greenish yellow, mottled with red ; flesh fine grained, ex- 

 ceedingly mild and agreeable in flavour: in use from September to November. 



LYMAN'S PUMPKIN SWEET. A very large apple raised by Mr. 8. Lyman, 

 Manchester, Connecticut. Skin smooth, pale yellow ; flesh firm, sweet, ju;cy 

 and excellent for baking : in the autumn. The tree bears prodigious crops. 



NORTHERN SPY. A native variety of the Spitzenburgh family. Fruit large, 

 conical, considerably ribbed ; skin smooth, yellow ground, nearly covered with 

 rich dark red and purplish streaks ; flesh yellowish white, and of a rich, aro- 

 matic, sub-acid flavour : good from December to May. 



PECK'S PHEASANT. This variety resembles the Yellow Newtown Pippin, 

 only it is larger; skin smooth, and when first gathered green, changing to 

 yellow, with bright blush cheek and scattered gray dots ; flesh yellowish, fine 

 grained, juicy, and tender, with a delicious high aromatic flavour in winter. 



Ross NONPAREIL. A delicious Irish variety, approaching in flavour to some 

 kinds of pear ; fruit below medium size, roundish ; skin qovered with a thin. 

 mellow russet, faintly stained with red ; flesh greenish white, tender, and of. 

 a rich aromatic flavour : in perfection the end of October. Tree a profuse 

 bearer, and worthy of a place in every amateur's garden. 



SUMMER SWEET PARADISE. A Pennsylvania fruit of large size ; round, a 

 Mttle flattened at both ends ; skin rather thick, pale green, tinged with yellow, 

 and sprinkled with large gray dots; flesh tender, crisp, juicy, and of a sweet, 

 rich, aromatic flavour : ripe in August and September. 



SOPS OP WINE, Rode Wyn Appel, Sapson, Sops in Wine. A handsome 

 little autumn apple for the dessert ; skin smooth, crimson, covered with a delicate 

 light bloom : flesh white, with stains of a pinkish hue, firm, crisp, and juicy. 



