304 APPLES. 



with light crimson ; very handsome flesh, white, fine grained, 

 juicy, very good. Russian. Valuable for market or culinary. 



Tetpfski.* Medium, roundish, or oblate conic, handsomely striped 

 with red and covered with a whitish bloom : flesh white, sprightly, 

 sub-acid, pleasant. Tree a moderate grower, very hardy and 

 productive. Valuable for market. July and August. Russian. 



Horse. Large, varying from oblate to round, ribbed ; yellow ; 

 stalk short ; cavity and basin shallow ; flesh yellow, rather coarse, 

 sub-acid. Tree vigorous, productive, valued at the South and 

 West as a summer cooking and drying apple. North Carolina. 



FIG. 367. FIG. 368. 



Red Astrachan. Starr. 



Kirkbridge White. (Yellow June.) Size medium, oval, tapering 

 to apex and base, equally blunt at ends with broad ribs, smooth ; 

 pale yellow ; stem short ; cavity and basin very narrow ; flesh 

 very tender, fine-grained, with a moderately "good" sub-acid 

 flavor. Ripens soon after Early Harvest and for six weeks. 

 Tree a slow grower, but a great and early bearer ; valuable at 

 the West. Too tender for long transportation. 



Lowland Raspberry. Medium, roundish, conic, clear ; waxen, 

 white, shaded and marbled crimson ; cavity narrow, acute ; stem 

 medium ; basin small ; flesh snow-white, tinged with pink next 

 the skin ; tender, fine-grained, crisp, juicy, sub-acid, almost 

 sweet, quality good. Fig. 397. August. Russian. 



Lyman's Large Summer. Large, roundish, flattened at ends ; 

 pale yellow ; sub-acid, high flavored, rather fine in quality. Ri- 

 pens at the end of summer. Tree a poor bearer until large. Conn. 



Primate.* Above medium in size, roundish-conical, somewhat 

 ribbed ; light green, becoming light yellow, often with a slight 

 blush ; fine grained, very juicy, with a very agreeable, mild, 

 sub-acid flavor. Ripens for several weeks through the latter 

 part of summer. Often water-cores. Valuable for home use. 

 New York. Fig. 366. 



Red Astrachan.* Rather large, sometimes quite large, roundish- 

 oblate, slightly approaching conical, rather smooth ; nearly whole 

 surface brilliant deep crimson, with a thick bloom like a plum ; 

 stalk one-half to three-fourths of an inch long ; calyx in a small 

 slightly uneven basin ; flesh white, rather crisp ; good, rather 

 acid, slightly austere. A few days after Early Harvest. Excel- 

 lent for cooking. Shoots stout, dark brown, diverging and ascend- 

 ing; leaves broad. This apple, although of second-rate flavor, 



