224 Apples. 



WILLOW TWIG. Large, roundish, slightly conical, obtuse, very 

 regular; greenish yellow, striped and mottled faintly with dull 

 red ; stalk short ; basin very wide and deep, rim obtuse ; flavor 

 sub-acid, or rather acid, not rich. A long keeper. Shoots slen- 

 der. Cultivated much as a market apple in Southern Ohio. 



Wine. (Hays' Apple, Hays' Winter.) Rather large, often quite 

 large, roundish, slightly flattened ; obscurely striped and mottled 

 with red on yellow ground ; stalk quite short ; cavity deep, acu- 

 minate ; calyx large, open ; basin large ; flesh yellowish white, 

 with a rich sub-acid flavor. Early winter. There are several 

 spurious varieties under this name. 



WINESAP. Size medium, round-ovate, slightly conical, sometimes 

 obscurely flattened ; color a lively deep red ; stalk slender, three- 

 fourths of an inch long ; cavity acute ; calyx small, in a finely 

 plaited basin ; flesh yellowish, firm, crisp, with a rich sub-acid 

 or rather acid flavor. Keeps through winter. One of the 

 best apples for baking. Growth rather irregular, fruit formerly 

 always fair, of late years more imperfect. Widely cultivated 

 at the West and South-west. 



Seftion ILNot striped. 



Aunt Hannah. Size medium, roundish, approaching ovate; straw 

 color, with a very pleasant mild sub-acid, fine flavor, resembling 

 in character the Newtown Pippin. Origin, Essex county, Massa- 

 chusetts. 



Belle et Bonne. Large, roundish, flattened at ends, obtuse ; green- 

 ish yellow ; stem short ; calyx in a wide, deep basin ; flesh yel- 

 low, tender, large grained, sub-acid, agreeable, and very good. 

 Early winter. A Connecticut apple ; a strong growing and pro- 

 ductive variety, much esteemed in the neighborhood of Hartford. 



BELMONT. Rather large, roundish-conical or ovate-conical, apex 

 usually narrow, but sometimes quite obtuse ; faintly ribbed, 

 smooth ; color clear pale yellow, with sometimes a light vermilion 

 blush, and rarely with large thinly scattered carmine dots ; stalk 

 varying from half an inch long and stout, to an inch or more 

 long and slender ; basin in conical specimens, narrow and shal- 

 low ; in obtuse specimens, narrow and deep, with an obtusely 

 ribbed rim ; flesh yellowish white, compact, crisp, becoming quite 

 tender, with a mild, rich, sub-acid, fine flavor. Leaves crenate. 

 Early winter. A profuse bearer. Excellent in New York, Michi- 



m, and Northern and Central Ohio worthless at Cincinnati, 

 ender at the West. 



Brookes' Pippin. Large, roundish, slightly conical ; greenish yel- 

 low, with a faint blush ; stalk short and stout, cavity deep, russet- 

 ed ; basin small, shallow, furrowed ; flesh crisp, aromatic. Nov 

 to Mar. Productive. Maryland and Virginia. 



