TUFTS ATPLE. 



Tree. — Moderately vigorous, upright, and well shaped; annual 

 shoots of moderate length. 



"V^ooD. — Dark chestnut, dotted with large white specks, moderately 

 stout, and rather short-jointed; old wood,, brownish chestnut; buds, 

 medium size, broad, flattened, woolly. 



Leaves. — Large, oblong ovate, broadest near the base, narrowing but 

 little to the point, which is sharply acuminate, thick, dull green, flat, 

 rather smooth above, downy beneath, finely, obtusely and not very deeply 

 serrated ; petioles, medium length, about one inch long, stout. 



Flowees. — Medium size ; slightly tinged with pink. 



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

 three quarters deep : Form, roundish oblate, swollen on one side, some- 

 what uneven in its outline, being slightly ribbed, and narrowing little to 

 the crown, which is oblique: Skin, fair, smooth, of an oily touch, with 

 a greenish yellow ground, nearly covered with dark, dull crimson, little 

 russeted around the stem, and the surface interspersed with a few scat- 

 tered yellow specks : Stem, medium length, about three quarters of ah 

 inch long, slender, and deeply sunk in a large rather open cavity : Eye, 

 small, closed, and moderately sunk in a very broad and little furrowed 

 basin; segments of the calyx short: Flesh, greenish white, fine, crisp, 

 and tender : Juice, abundant, with a pleasant admixture of sweet and 

 acid, high flavored and excellent : Core, medium size, nearly closed : 

 Seeds, medium size, mostly abortive. 



Ripe from October to December. 



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