166 Brief Account of Three Varieties of Apples. 



We are greatly indebted to our correspondent, Mr. Foote, 

 for the above communication, and also for the specimens of 

 fruit which accompanied his letter. But, unfortunately for us, 

 those which were forwarded with the first letter, by some 

 mistake, fell into the hands of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society, and, although we had the pleasure of tasting them, 

 we had no opportunity to make drawings or accurate descrip- 

 tions ; consequently, we are unable to say much respecting 

 them, other than that the Congress, so called, is undoubtedly 

 the same as the Twenty Ounce, which Mr. Downing has 

 described under the latter name, from our account of it in the 

 Magazine (Vol. X. p. 210). The specimens, though overripe, 

 confirmed our good opinion of this large and superior fruit. 

 The Yanderspeigle seemed to somewhat resemble the old 

 Pearmam. 



The Redstreak is an apple of large size and much beauty, 

 — indeed rather too large to become a popular fruit — and pos- 

 sesses a rich, sprightly and aromatic flavor ; and to us it is 

 quite new : after carefully examining the specimens, Ave com- 

 pared them with several varieties described hy Coxe^ and though 

 the engraving of the Wine Apple of the latter does not appear 

 quite flat enough, the description of this author answers ex- 

 ceedingly well for the specimens of the Red Streak ; and we 

 agree with our correspondent that the Redstreak is the Wine 

 Apple, first described by Coxe, and his description adopted by 

 Messrs. Floy and Downing. We add our own description 

 from the specimens received : — 



Fruity large, about three and a half inches broad, and two 

 and three quarters, deep : Form, roundish oblate, flattened at 

 both ends, and ribbed at the base : Skiii, fair, smooth, with a 

 yellow ground, marked with bright red on the sunny side, and 

 splashed with broken stripes of deep crimson, interspersed with 

 a few rather large russet specks : Stem, very short, about quar- 

 ter of an inch, slender and deeply inserted in a large, wide, open 

 cavity : Eye, small, open and moderately sunk in a medium 

 sized and ribbed basin ; segments of the calyx short : Flesh, 

 yellowish-white, rather fine, breaking and tender : Juice, 

 abundant, sprightly, and vinous, with a high aromatic fla- 

 vor : Core, medium size, very broad, open : Seeds, medium 

 size, plump. Ripe in December and keeps till March. 



