164 WINTER APPLES. 



Black Detroit. (Syn. Red Detroit.) Rather large, roundish, 

 slightly oblate, apex ribbed ; dark or blackish red or pur 

 pie ; basin plaited ; flesh white, often stained red, mild 

 sub-acid, not high flavored. Early winter. 



The Black Coal and Black Apple, of Ohio, closely resemble 

 the Black Detroit in quality, and are perhaps identical. 



Black Gillifloiver. Rather large, oblong-ovate, long conical, 

 regular, obscurely ribbed ; surface dark, dull, reddish 

 purple, inclining to greenish yellow where densely 

 shaded ; cavity very narrow, acuminate ; basin very 

 small, ribbed; flesh greenish white, with a rich, good 

 slightly sub-acid flavor, becoming dry when ripe. Keeps 

 through winter and late into spring. Shoots dark, rather 

 crooked, fruit always fair; very productive. Rejected by 

 most cultivators on account of its very dry flesh. Totally 

 distinct from the Red Gilliflower. 



Blue Pearmain. Very large, roundish, inclining to oblong, 

 slightly and obtusely conical ; dark purplish red in large 

 broken stripes on lighter ground ; bloom conspicuous ; 

 dots large, indistinct ; stalk three-fourths of an inch long; 

 calyx deep set ; flesh yellowish, mild sub-acid, good. 

 Early winter. A thin bearer. 



Brabant Bdlefieur. Large, roundish or roundish-oblong; 

 pale yellow, striped ; calyx large ; flesh firm, rich, sub- 

 acid or rather acid, good flavor. Growth crooked, tree 

 spreading. Winter. 



Carthouse. (Syn. Gilpin, Red Romanite, of Ohio.) Me- 

 dium or rather small, roundish-oblong, nearly regular, 

 apex flattened ; striped and shaded deep red on greenish 

 yellow ground; stalk one-half to an inch long, slender; 

 basin slightly furrowed, wide, distinct; flesh tough, crisp, 

 fresh, agreeable, mild sub-acid, second-rate. Keeps fresh 

 till late in spring. Much cultivated in Ohio valley and 

 sold at New-Orleans. 



Chandler. Rather large, roundish-oblate, often oblique or 

 irregular, obscurely ribbed; color with a few distinct 

 large broken stripes of yellowish red, and a shade of paler 

 red on greenish yellow ; stalk half an inch long ; basin 



