THE APPLE. 



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dots minute, obscure, few, gray, with large scattered russet dots ; cavity 

 wide, wavy, deep, acute, green or russet; stem stout, medium; basin 

 narrow, shallow, abrupt, smooth; calyx closed. Core wide open, 

 clasping, sessile; cells round to obovate, abaxile, slit; tube funnel- 

 shaped, long, narrow; stamens marginal; seeds numerous, plump, 



Clark Pearmain. 



angular, short, dark; flesh yellow, firm; not fine-grained, subacid, 

 good. All winter. 



Clyde Beauty Origin, Clyde, New York; tree vigorous, upright, 

 very productive. 



Fruit large, roundish, conic, angular; surface greenish, oily, 

 sprinkled and mottled with dull red and bright red in the sun; cavity 

 acute; stem short, slender; basin small, corrugated; calyx closed; 

 flesh white, tender, juicy, brisk subacid, good. October to January. 



Cogswell. Origin, Griswold, Connecticut. 



Fruit above medium, roundish, oblate, regular; surface rich 

 yellow, nearly covered with red, marked and streaked with bright 

 red; dots many, areole; cavity large, thinly russeted; stem short, 

 rather slender; basin small, shallow. Core small; flesh yellowish, 

 fine-grained, tender, juicy, scarcely subacid, rich aromatic, very good 

 to best. December to March. 



Collins (Champion). Originated thirty-eight years ago on the 

 old Merriam farm near Fayetteville, Arkansas; named in honor of 



