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closed, set in a round and shallow basin. Stamens, marginal or 

 median ; tube, conical or funnel-shaped. Stalk, half an inch long, 

 inserted in a rather shallow, somewhat russety cavity. Flesh, white, 

 tender, crisp, and juicy, with a quick and pleasant sub-acid flavour. 

 Cells, obovate ; axile, open. 



An estimable and refreshing early dessert apple, of the first quality ; 

 ripe in the end of July and the beginning of August. 



The tree is a healthy and free, though not a vigorous grower, and 

 an abundant bearer. It is well adapted for dwarf or espalier training 

 when grown on the paradise stock, and ought to find a place in every 

 collection, however small. 



Though of American origin, this variety succeeds to perfection in 

 this country, a qualification which few of the American apples possess. 



EARLY JOE. Fruit, below medium size, two inches and a quarter 

 wide, and nearly an inch and three-quarters high ; roundish, or some- 

 times quite oblate, slightly angular, particularly round the crown. 

 Skin, smooth and shining, almost entirely covered with thin bright 

 red, with darker clouds of the same colour next the sun ; on the shaded 

 side it is a rich clear waxen yellow, tinged with red. Eye, quite closed, 

 with leaf-like segments, set in a flat puckered basin. Stalk, three- 

 quarters of an inch long, inserted in a deep narrow cavity. Flesh, 

 yellowish, very tender, juicy, with a delicate and pleasant flavour. 



A pretty dessert apple ; ripe in the end of August and beginning 

 of September. In shape and size, as well as colour, it considerably 

 resembles the Devonshire Quarrenden, but the colour is much paler 

 and brighter than in that variety. 



An American apple said to have been raised in Ontario County, New York ; but 

 some think it is a native of Connecticut. 



EARLY JULYAN (Early J alien ; Fair Lady in Kent) .Fruit, of 

 medium size, two inches and three-quarters wide, and two inches and a 

 quarter high ; roundish, slightly flattened, and prominently ribbed from 

 the eye downwards to the base. Skin, smooth, pale yellow, with an 

 orange tinge next the sun, strewed all over with minute dots and a few 

 whitish specks. Eye, closed, with broad segments, and set in a deep, 

 irregular, and angular basin. Stamens, marginal or median ; tube, 

 conical or funnel-shaped. Stalk, short, not extending beyond the 

 base, and inserted in a deep and angular cavity. Flesh, yellowish 

 white, crisp, very juicy, and with a brisk, pleasant, and balsamic 

 flavour. Cells, open or closed, ovate, round or oblate. 



An excellent early dessert or culinary apple, of first-rate quality ; 

 ripe in the second week of August. It might with propriety be called 

 the Summer Hawthornden, as it equals that esteemed old variety in all 

 its properties. 



. The tree is healthy and hardy, but not a large grower. It is, how- 

 ever, a good bearer, though not so much so as the Hawthornden, and 

 is well adapted for growing as a dwarf. 



