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APPLES. 



Fall Wine.* Medium to large, roundish-oblate; color a rich red, 

 faintly striped on a rich yellow skin ; stem slender; flesh yellow, 

 crisp, tender, juicy, with a mild, rich, scarcely sub-acid flavor. 

 Mid-autumn till winter. Fig. 382. Succeeds .best in the West 

 often scabby at the East. 



Fameuse.* (Snow-apple, Pomme de Neige.) Medium in size, 

 round, often oblate, even ; handsomely striped and blotched with 

 fine deep red on whitish ground where much exposed, a deep, 

 nearly uniform red ; stalk three-fourths of an inch long, slender ; 

 cavity small ; basin quite small, slightly wrinkled ; flesh very 

 white, juicy, sub-acid, a little spicy, exceedingly pleasant, but 

 not very rich. Late autumn. Shoots dark, diverging, some- 

 what flexuous. Much admired as a table fruit for its handsome 

 appearance and pleasant, refreshing flavor. Fig. 388. 



Gabriel. Size medium, roundish-ovate, regular; striped and 

 splashed with pale red on yellow ; stalk slender ; calyx and 

 basin small; flesh yellowish, sub-acid, of excellent flavor. 



FIG. 384. 

 Soulard. 



Gravenstein.* Rather large, roundish, slightly oblate, obtusely and 

 obscurely ribbed, surface a little wavy ; striped and splashed 

 with bright red on a yellow ground ; stalk three-quarters of an 

 inch long ; cavity rather deep ; calyx large ; basin deep, narrow ; 

 flesh tender, juicy, very rich, sub-acid or rather acid, high 

 flavored. Mid-autumn. Productive, handsome, and excellent. 

 Fine in all localities. Shoots strong, becoming smoo'.h and shin- 

 ing, ascending.' Fig. 391. German. 



Hurlbut. Size medium, oblate, conic; yellow striped with red; 

 stalk small ; cavity large ; basin shallow ; flesh vvnite, crisp 

 tender, with a mild sub-acid flavor. Connecticut. 



Jefferson County. Medium, roundish, regular; striped and shaded 

 red on yellow ; cavity deep ; calyx small ; basin deep, smooth ; 

 flesh crisp, tender, with a very good mild sub-acid flavor. Late 

 autumn. Tree vigorous, productive. Jefferson County, N. Y. 



Jefferis. Medium or rather large, round oblate; yellow, red, and 

 deep red, striped ; stalk very short, slender ; cavity and b*sin 



