THE APPLE. 



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Fruit medium, roundish, truncated, regular, surface greenish 

 yellow, mostly covered with stripes and splashes of dark crimson 

 mixed and marbled on sunny side and overlaid with whitish net- 

 veining; dots white, obscure, few; cavity acuminate, white, regular, 

 with trace of stellate russet; stem medium; basin rather abrupt' 

 regular, corrugated in bottom; calyx closed; segments divergent,' 

 long, pointed. Core closed, axile, sessile; cells round, entire; tube 



Borovinka. 



conical; stamens marginal; seeds plump, sharp-pointed; flesh white, 

 juicy, sprightly acid, good. August. 



Bough, Sweet (Large; Yellow Bough}. Origin, America; an 

 excellent early sweet apple, especially for dessert use in harvest-time. 



Fruit above medium, regular, oblong ovate, slightly conical; 

 surface smooth, clear, pale greenish yellow; dots distinct, numerous, 

 minute, russet, with green bases; cavity regular, deep, sometimes 

 russeted; stem long to very long; basin smooth, regular, narrow, 

 shallow; calyx closed; segments erect convergent. Core nearly 

 closed, clasping; tube conical; stamens median; flesh white, very 

 tender, juicy, very sweet, too sweet for cooking, good. July and 

 August. 



Bradford (Kentucky Redstreak). Origin obscure; supposed to be 

 Tennessee; tree upright, vigorous, and productive annually. 



Fruit medium, roundish, slightly conic; surface greenish yellow, 



