OF WINTER APPLES. 



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27, COURT PENDU. 



Court Pendu Plat. 



Kinit of the metliuin size ; circular. Color greenish yellow, and deep red on the sunny 

 side. Stem short, deeply inserted. Flesh rich and lively. 

 Of French origin, and esteemed for the dessert. Keeps till March. 



28. HUBBARDSTON NONSUCH. Plate 51. 



Fruit of the medium size ; elongated, symmetrical. Color yellow, ornamented with bright 

 crimson stripes ; paler upon the shady side, showing the yellow ground beneath. Stem 

 equalling the base. Depression wide and deep. Calyx open; depression plaited. Flesh 

 white and tender. Very juicy; rich flavored. Core small; calyx tube closed. 

 This apple has been regarded as a standard fruit, and worthy of cultivation. It is allied 

 very close lo the Spitzcnburg family. An apple known by some as the Hubbardston Non- 

 such, is a wide depressed fruit, but which in other respects is related to it, and can scarcely 

 b" distinguished by its taste and flavor. 



29. BLACK DETROIT. Plate 56. 



fig. 39. 



Fruit of the medium size; depressed, 

 circular ; widest in the middle ; 

 ends equal. Color a dark crim- 

 son, darkest on the sunny side, 

 even blackish. Skin smooth, with 

 a few yellowish dots; the yellow 

 appears through the dark stripes. 

 Stem equaling the base ; slander. 

 Calyx large, depression shallow, 

 obsoletely plaifed. Flesh fine- 

 grained, subacid, agreeable, but 

 not juicy. It does not riink higher 

 than second rate, yet is very fine 

 when in its best state. 



Exhibited at Buflalo in 1848, by 

 Elwanger & Barry. 



[Agriculttbal Report — Vol. hi.] 



