THE APPLE. H5 



lowish white, juicy, tender, pleasant subacid, good. Late winter to 

 May or later. 



Lehigh Greening. Origin, Pennsylvania. 



Fruit very large, roundish; surface moderately smooth with 

 leather-cracking and erupted dots; skin thick, tenacious; color 

 greenish yellow, with bronze blush on exposed side; dots numerous, 

 variable, russet; cavity large, regular, deep, russeted; stem medium; 

 basin large, regular, deep, furrowed and leather-cracked; calyx me- 

 dium, partially reflexed ; eye large, partially open. Core medium, 

 oval, clasping; seeds few, medium, plump, brown; flesh yellow, 

 medium fine, breaking, juicy; flavor sprightly subacid; quality good 

 to very good. Winter. (U. S. Div. of Pomology.) 



Lilly of Kent. Origin, Delaware. 



Fruit large, globular truncate, surface smooth; color green, with 

 shades of yellow and bronze; dots few, light and brown; cavity regu- 

 lar, medium, deep; stem short, stout; basin irregular, medium, 

 slightly furrowed and folded; calyx long, stout, straight; eye large, 

 open. Core large, roundish, clasping; seeds few, large, plump, light 

 brown; flesh greenish yellow, fine-grained, juicy; flavor mild subacid; 

 quality very good. Late winter. (U. S. Div. of Pomology.) 



Limbertwig. Supposed origin, North Carolina; tree thrifty, 

 very productive, roundish, spreading, the slender shoots drooping 

 with the heavy crop. 



Fruit rather small to medium, roundish oblate, somewhat conical, 

 regular; surface yellowish green covered with dull red, with obscure 

 darker stripes; dots many, large, light brown, irregular; cavity 

 broad, deep, acute, green and russet; stem medium; basin small, 

 shallow, uneven; calyx small, half open. Core closed; seeds many, 

 small, plump, long; flesh greenish yellow, very firm, juicy, brisk, 

 rich, aromatic subacid, good. Late winter and spring. 



Long Arcade. A Russian variety, doing well in Minnesota and 

 the Northwest; the name is not descriptive as to shape, but was re- 

 tained by the Russian Nomenclature Commission; tree very upright, 

 spreading with age. 



Fruit medium, oblate, slightly angular; surface greenish yellow, 

 nearly covered with dark red, no distinct stripes or splashes; dots 

 minute, numerous, white, obscure; cavity regular, medium deep, 

 broad, acute, with good-sized radiating patch of russet; stem long, 

 slender; basin wide, very shallow, wrinkled; calyx open. Core closed; 



