58 DESCRIPTIONS 



Golden Harvey. Small; regular. Stem slender, one-half inch loiijj. 



Cornish Aromatic. LarRe. Crown angular. 



Morton's Nonparkil. 



Ross' Nonpareil. Medium size. Circular Stem long. 



Royal Rcssbt. Medium size, or large in the middle. Depressed. 



Hughes' Golden Pippin. Below the medium size. 



Gray French Reinettb. 



Yellow Vandervebe. Full medium size. Semi-russet. 



PoMFRET Russet. Below the medium size. Greenish gray russet. 



Horsham Russet. Less than the medium size. Stem short. 



Patch's Russet. Medium size. Slightly angular. Stem long. 



Pennington Russet, or Seedling. Large. Sides slightly angular. 



Pile's Russet. Above the medium size. Form irregular. Angular. 



PiTMASTON Russet. Medium size. Depressed. Stem short. 



Scarlet Nonpareil. Medium size. Basin shallow. Stem variable. 



Sweeney's Nonpareil. Form irregular, and larger than the old Nonpareil. 



DESCRIPTION OF WINTER APPLES. 



Class I. Fruit striped, mottled or splashed voith red or brovon. 



Order I. Heig;ht and breadth equal or subequal. 



A. Ends equal or subequal. 



1. MOTHER APPLE. 



Fruit above the medium size, elongated, slightly ribbed. Stem rises from a moderately 

 deep and broad depression, above the base, and has a knob at its base, or fleshy protu- 

 berance. Ground color yellow and blazed with carmine ; skin marked with russetty 

 dots. Flesh yellowish, tender, melting ; taste mildly acid, rich, with an aromatic flavor. 

 The Mother Apple originated more than forty years ago, in the orchard of Gen. Saw- 

 yer, of Boston Massachusetts. It is highly recommended by the Boston CuUivntor. In 

 form it resembles the yellow bellefleur, and like that has a large hollow core. Exhibited 

 for the first time at the Worcester Horticultural Society, in 1845. Height and breadth 

 subequal ; side unequal ; red. Late fall and early winter. 



