EARLY HARVEST APPLE. 



Tree. — Moderately vigorous, upright, the branches making very 

 acute angles. 



Wood. — Reddish chestnut, sprinkled with small whitish specks, mod- 

 erately stout, short-jointed ; annual shoots somewhat downy at the 

 ends ; old wood, brownish chestnut ; buds, small, short, and flattened, 

 with small shoulders : Flower-buds, medium size, frequently formed at 

 the ends of the shoots. 



Leaves. — Medium size, roundish obovate, rather hght green, taper- 

 ing to the point, wavy at the edges, and irregularly and rather obtusely 

 serrated ; petioles rather short, about half an inch long, stout. 



Flowers. — Medium size ; petals obovate, cupped. 



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

 deep : Form, roundish, sometimes httle flattened at the base, rounding 

 off to the crown, which is full : Skin, fau% smooth, pale yellow or straw 

 color when mature, very slightly tinged with blush on the sunny side, 

 with a few traces of russet round the stem, and some scattered spots 

 of the same color, intermixed with white specks, over the surface : 

 Stem, medium length, about three quarters of an inch long, rather 

 slender, and inserted in a moderately deep and somewhat narrow cavity : 

 Eye, medium size, closed, and slightly sunk in a shallow, nearly smooth, 

 basin ; segments of the calyx narrow, twisted : Flesh, white, rather fine, 

 crisp, and tender : Juice, abundant, pleasantly acid, sprightly and well 

 flavored : Core, rather close : Seeds, small. 



Ripe from the middle of July to the end of August. 



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