SUMMER APPLES. CLASS I. 61 



.CLASS I. 



A SELECT DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF THE APPLES IN 

 CULTIVATION IN THE UNITED STATES. 



SECTION I. 



SUMMER APPLES. 



1. *AMERICAN SUMMER PEARMAIN. 



The tree bears abundantly. The fruit is of medium 

 size, oblong ; of a bright red, streaked and blotched with 

 deeper red next the sun ; occasionally a fine yellow ground 

 is visible; the flesh very tender, very juicy, fine-flavored, 

 and excellent either for the dessert or for cooking. It 

 ripens the middle of August, and is highly deserving of 

 cultivation. 



2. BEAU. Judge Bud. 



"Fruit three inches in diameter, two and one fourth 

 deep ; eye in a regular and shallow cavity ; stalk short, 

 not projecting beyond the base; skin yellowish green, 

 with a faint blush on the sun side, and dotted with white; 

 flesh white and crisp ; juice abundant and agreeably acid. 

 A fine dessert and culinary fruit from end of Aug. to Oct." 



3. *BENONI. 



Medium-sized, of a fine red color, flavor subacid and 

 good. One of the best apples of the season, ripening the 

 last of July. A native, introduced to notice by Mr. E. M. 

 Richards, of Dedham. 



4. *EARLY SWEET BOUGH. 



The size varies from medium to large ; the form is ob- 

 long ; the skin smooth, of a pale yellow color; the stalk is 

 short ; the flesh is white, tender, juicy, sweet, and excellent. 

 One of the very best dessert apples of its season, which is 

 early in August. 



5. *EARLY HARVEST. 



PRINCE'S HARVEST, ) r r 



EARLY FRENCH REINETTE, $ V 



The tree is of medium vigor ; not very productive. At 

 Salem this variety begins to show evident symptoms of 

 decay. A fruit above the medium size ; globular, de- 

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