THE APPLE. 



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Fruit very large, roundish oblong, truncated, sometimes roundish 

 oblate, often unequal; surface unctuous, yellow, mostly covered with 

 dark mixed red and crimson stripes and splashes, a very showy 

 fruit; dots large, white, numerous; calyx deep, acute, regular; stem 

 very short; basin wide, rather deep, abrupt; calyx closed or half 

 open. Core irregular, closed; cells slit by irregular fissures; tube very 

 long, conical; stamens marginal; seeds very plump; flesh coarse- 

 grained, stained red next the skin and tinged faint red, juicy, acid, 

 fair; use culinary. September. 



Virginia Greening. Supposed origin, Virginia; tree large, spread- 

 ing, very productive. 



Fruit large, roundish to roundish oblate; surface smooth, dull 

 greenish yellow, brownish on sunny side; dots large, conspicuous, 

 few, brown or grayish, with suffused whitish green rings or bases; 

 cavity wide, large, regular, green; stem rather long; basin broad, 

 wide, shallow, corrugated; calyx small, open. Core closed, regular, 

 turbinate, meeting; seeds many, long; flesh yellowish, firm, pleasant 

 subacid, good for kitchen and market. Late winter and spring. 



Wagener. Origin, Penn Yan, Yates Co., New York; tree thrifty, 

 upright, productive, a very early bearer. 



Wagener. 



Fruit above medium, oblate, angular, often distinctly five-sided; 

 surface smooth, polished, yellow, mostly covered with mixed bright 



