PORTER APPLE. 



branches making a long curve upwards ; old wood clothed with numer- 

 ous short spurs. Our vignette is from a tree four years old. 



Wood. — Bright reddish chestnut, dotted with whitish specks, rather 

 slender and very short-jointed; buds medium size, short, with prominent 

 shoulders ; old wood dull pale bro"\vn. 



Leaves. — Large, oblong, tapering to the point, partially folded, and 

 very regularly, deeply, and sharply serrated; petioles medium length, 

 and moderately stout. 



Flowers. — Medium size ; petals tinged with pink. 



Fruit. — Large, about two and a half inches broad, and three inches 

 deep : Form, oblong, largest about one third from the stem, slightly 

 flattened at the base, narrowing to the crown, which is oblique and 

 somewhat ribbed : Skin, very fair, smooth, clear bright yellow, faintly 

 striped and marbled with dull blush on the sunny side near the base, 

 and marked with a few crimson dots : Stem, rather short, about three 

 quarters of an inch long, slender, curved, and inserted in an open, broad, 

 and not very deep cavity : Eye, rather large, open, and sunk in a mod- 

 erately deep, ribbed hollow; segments of the calyx long, regulaiiy formed, 

 and reflexed at the ends : Flesh, yellowish, fine, crisp, and tender : 

 Juice, abundant, rich, subacid, very sprightly, and high-flavored : Core, 

 medium size, slightly open : Seeds, rather large, acutely pointed. 



Ripe in September and October, and keeps well. 



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