

ASTRACHAN APPLE. 



FEUIT. Large, about three inches broad, and two and a half deep : 

 Form, roundish, flattened at the base, and narrowing little towards the 

 eye : Skin, very fair, smooth,- rich brilliant crimson on the sunny side, 

 paler in the shade, though occasionally little greenish, sometimes rus- 

 seted around the stem, dotted with large yellow specks, and covered with 

 a thin whitish bloom : Stem, short, about half an inch in length, rather 

 stout, straight, and moderately inserted in a broad, rather shallow basin : 

 Eye, rather large, partially closed, and slightly depressed in a broad, 

 shallow, and somewhat ridged basin : Flesh, white, with occasional stains 

 of pink, fine, crisp, and tender : Juice, tolerably abundant, subacid and 

 good : Core, large, rather close : Seeds, small, ovate. 



RIPE from the middle of August to the beginning of September. 



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