Descriptions of Six Varieties of Apples. 



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ductive variety, deservedly ranked with the first-rate apples, 

 yet hardly equal to the Keiser. 



3. Wells Apple. 



Striped R. I. Greening, 



Cheat, 



English Rambo, of some. 



This is a common and highly esteemed winter fruit in the 

 southeastern parts of Ohio. The form is irregular, flattened, 

 ribbed : size, medium to large : color, striped with red on a 

 pale yellow or greenish ground, with numerous rough gray 

 specks, and much russeted about the stalk : calyx, closed, in 

 a rather deep angular basin : stem, slender, in a deep cavity, 



Fi^. 3. Wells Apple. 



Standing out nearly even with the base : flesh, moderately 

 juicy, nearly sweet, and of very pleasant flavor, resembling 

 walnuts : season, December to March. The tree is a thrifty 

 grower in the nursery : in the orchard, it is thinly supplied 

 with branches, which are very long and stout, with but few 

 side shoots, and full of stout spurs on which the fruit is borne 

 frequently weighing the branches to the ground. 



