142 APPLES. 



the soil is favourable. We have before us some apples of this 

 sort, which are exceedingly beautiful and excellent. 



Fruit of medium size, flat. Skin, in its ground colour, yel- 

 low, streaked and stained with clouded red, but on the sunny 

 side, deepening into rich red, dotted with light gray specks. 

 Stalk short, inserted in a smooth, rather wide, cavity. Calyx 

 small, closed, set in a regular, well-formed basin, of moderate 

 depth. Flesh yellow, crisp and tender, with a rich and sprightly 

 juice. October to January. 



169. WAXEN APPLE. Coxe. 



Gate Apple. ) of various parts 

 White Apple, f of Ohio. 

 Belmont. Ken. 



The Waxen Apple, for whose correct history we are indebted 

 to that careful pomologist, Professor Kirtland, of Cleveland, is 

 esteemed in Ohio, where it is now most largely cultivated, one 

 of the very finest of all early winter varieties. It was carried 

 from eastern to western Virginia, by Neisley, a nurseryman on 

 the banks of the Ohio, about the commencement of the present 

 century. Thence it was introduced into Belmont co., and other 

 parts of Ohio. From Rockport it was carried by C. Olmstead, 

 Esq., to Boston in 1834, incorrectly under the name of Belmont. 



Fruit of middle size, globular, a little flattened and narrower 

 towards the eye sometimes oblong ; when of the latter form, 

 the eye is knobby. Stalk short. Skin pale yellow, rarely 

 tinged with a bright vermillion blush, waxy, or oily smooth. 

 Flesh white, crisp, tender, sometimes almost melting, and of a 

 mild, agreeable flavour. November to February. 



170. WATSON'S DUMPLING. 



A very large, English kitchen apple, of fair quality. Fruit 

 about four inches in diameter, of regular form, nearly round. 

 Skin smooth, yellowish-green, faintly striped with dull red. 

 Stalk short. Flesh juicy, rather tender, with a pleasant, sub- 

 acid flavour, and stews well. October to January. 



171. WOOLMAN'S LONG. 



Ortley Apple. Lind. 

 Ortley Pippin. Man. 

 Van Dyne, (of some.) 



This high flavoured and excellent fruit, was sent to England 

 by Mr. Floy, in 1825, who named it after Michael Ortley, Esq., 

 from whose orchard, in South Jersey, it was obtained. But we 

 observe that Thompson, in the last edition, makes it synonymous 

 with Woolman's Long, which is, perhaps, an English variety. 



