538 Descriptions of Select Varieties of Ajjples. 



In the nursery it may be easily known from the Fall Pippin, 

 by its yellower and more slender shoots. When old, the trees 

 make a good head. 



Fig. 47. Fall Harvey Apple. 



Size, large, about three and a half inches broad, and three 

 long : Form, roundish, regular, little flattened at each end, 

 somewhat ribbed at the base, and rounding off to the crown, 

 which is large, and slightly oblique : Skin, fair, smooth, rich, 

 deep-yellow, traced with russet around the stem, rarely 

 tinged with blush on the sunny side, and thickly covered 

 with small russet dots : Stem, short, about quarter of an inch 

 long, stout, and little sunk in an open, shallow, and uneven 

 basin : Eye, large, closed, and very slightly depressed in a 

 broad, shallow basin ; segments of the calyx, broad, short : 

 Flesh, yellow, little coarse, crisp and tender : Juice, plenti- 

 ful, rich, subacid, and high flavored : Core, large, very open : 

 Seeds, medium size, short and plump. Ripe from November 

 to January. 



