THE APPLE. 



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stripes, mixed on sunny side and in part thinly overlaid with whitish 

 net-veining; dots distinct, white, few, minute; cavity regular, acute, 

 narrow, somewhat uneven; stem very short, small; basin narrow, 

 shallow, nearly or quite smooth; calyx closed or half open; segments 

 erect convergent. Core rather large, half open; cells elliptical, entire; 



Chenango. 



tube funnel-shaped; stamens basal; seeds flat, pointed; flesh white, 

 tender, juicy, mild, pleasant subacid, very good. September, October. 



Chisman. A seedling of Yellow Bellflower from Dallas county, 

 Iowa. 



Fruit medium to large, oblong, angular, ribbed; surface yellow; 

 dots distinct, numerous, russet; cavity regular, with trace of russet; 

 stem medium; basin narrow, ribbed, rather shallow; calyx closed; 

 segments connivent. Core closed; cells ovate, widely slit; tube 

 conical; stamens median; seeds few, plump, short; flesh juicy, 

 pleasant spicy subacid, very good. Winter. 



Christmas (No. 310). Origin, Russia. It is doing well in Minne- 

 sota. 



Fruit medium, roundish conical to oblong oval, sometimes obscurely 

 three-sided, often oblique; surface yellow, with bright crimson stripes 



