Descriptions of Select Varieties of Apples. 



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literally covered with fruit. Mr. Hooker, having kindly for- 

 warded us some fine specimens from his trees, we are ena- 

 bled to give an accurate description with an engraving of the 

 fruit. 



Size, large, about three and a quarter inches broad, and two 

 and three quarters deep : Forin, roundish, irregular, swollen 

 on one side, flattened at the base, and narrowing to the crown, 

 which is rather small : Skin, fair, smooth, with a greenish 

 yellow ground, slightly russeted at the stem, and pretty nearly 



Fig. 10. Hooker Apple. 



covered with dark, dull crimson, considerably striped on the 

 shaded side, and dotted with large, prominent, russet specks : 

 Stem, short, about quarter of an inch long, stout, and inserted 

 in a small, round, smooth, shallow cavity : Eye, small, par- 

 tially open, and moderately depressed in a round even basin; 

 segments of the calyx broad and short : Flesh, greenish white, 

 fine, crisp, and tender : Juice, plentiful, pleasantly acid, rich, 

 and high-flavored : Core, medium size, close : Seeds, rather 

 small, light brown. Ripe from November to January. 



