THE APPLE. 



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ments large, divergent. Core closed, medium, regular, clasping; 

 cells obovate, entire; tube funnel-shaped; stamens marginal; seeds 

 large, long, pointed, plump; flesh white, tender, moderately juicy, 

 pleasant subacid, not rich, good only. All winter and spring. 



Benoni. Origin, Dedham, Massachusetts; tree vigorous, upright, 

 spreading, productive. 



Benoni. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate, somewhat conical, obscurely 

 angular; surface rich yellow with a crimson cheek, with distinct 

 broken dark crimson stripes and splashes, marbled and shaded on 

 sunny side; dots distinct, bright, numerous, minute, white; cavity 

 regular, acute, deep, slightly russeted; stem short, slender; basin 

 quite deep, abrupt, nearly smooth; calyx closed; segments divergent. 

 Core closed, small, meeting; cells obovate, axile, slit; tube funnel- 

 shaped; stamens median; seeds plump, some abortive; flesh very 

 yellow with orange veinings, tender, delicate, juicy, pleasant, spicy 

 subacid, perfumed, very good. August. 



Bentley. Origin supposed to be Virginia; tree of moderate vigor, 

 productive. 



Fruit medium, roundish, truncated, slightly flattened, sometimes 

 a little oblique or unequal; surface pale, yellowish green, shaded, 

 mixed, striped and splashed with pale red; dots few, minute, light 

 brown; cavity regular, deep, acute; stem long, slender, curved; 

 basin large, abrupt, deep, corrugated; calyx large, closed, or partially 



