162 Desa'iptlons of Three New Apples. 



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

 deep : Form, roundish, flattened, somewhat ribbed at the base, 

 and narrowing to the eye : Skin, fair, smooth, pale greenish 

 yellow, broadly tinged with deep blush on the sunny side, 

 and thinly and irregularly sprinkled with dark russety specks : 

 Stem, short, about half an inch, slender, and deeply inserted 

 in a rather contracted, funnel-shaped cavity : Eye, small, 

 closed, and moderately sunk in a small, round basin : seg- 

 ments of the calyx, long, twisted : Flesh, yellowish white, 

 fine, very tender : Juice, abundant, pleasant and sprightly, 

 with a fine perfume : Core, small, hollow : Seeds, small, an- 

 gular, full. Ripe in November. 



VI. Marston's Red Winter. Kenrick's Amer. Orchardist. 



Mr. Kenrick, in his American Orchardist, briefly describes 

 this new apple i^Jig. 17). It originated in Greenland, N. H., 



Fig. 17. Marston's Red Winter. 



and fine specimens were sent us in the winter of 1845 and '46, 

 by Mr. Norton of that place ; those of the last year were not 

 equal in size to those of the year previous, owing to the very 

 dry summer, but they were equally high-colored and beautiful. 

 At first sight, they somewhat resemble the Baldwin, but upon 



