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Descriptions of Select Varieties of Apples. 



the base, and narrowing to the crown, which is small : Skin, 

 slightly rough, with a deep yellow ground, nearly or quite 

 covered with a clear cinnamon russet, often with a tinge of 

 pale red on the sunny side : Stem, short, about half an inch 

 long, rather slender, and little sunk in a small cavity : Bye, 

 medium size, nearly closed, and but little depressed in a 

 small, shallow basin ; segments of the calyx short : Flesh, 

 yellowish, fine, soft, and tender : Juice, abundant, pleasantly 

 acid, rich, and high-flavored : Core, medium size, rather 

 open : Seeds, rather large, dark brown. Ripe from October 

 to February. 



XXXIII. Cogswell. 



The origin of the Cogswell apple, {fig- 25,) is unknown 

 to us. The only specimens of the fruit we have seen, have 

 been exhibited before the Massachusetts Horticultural Soci- 



Piff. 25 . Cog-swell Apple. 



ety by Mr. J. A. Kenrick, of Newton, Mass., and these have 

 been of such excellence that we venture to place it among 

 our best winter apples. As late as February last, Mr. Ken- 

 rick presented two or three dozen of the apples for exhibition ; 

 the specimens were remarkably fair, largCj and beautiful, and 



