HAWLEY APPLE. 



Wood. — Clear reddish chestnut, dotted with minute grayish specks, 

 rather slender, short-jointed, and very downy at the ends ; old wood, 

 'light chestnut brown ; buds, small, short, broad, and flattened. 



Leaves. — Medium size, oblong-ovate, thin, with prominent nerves, 

 downy beneath, wavy, and finely and very sharply serrated; petioles, 

 rather short, half an inch long, moderately stout. 



Flowers. — Medium size ; petals, cupped. 



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

 Form, roundish, rather broad, flattened, somewhat ribbed at the 

 base, and narrowing little towards the crown : Skin, fair, smooth, with 

 an oily touch, pale green, becoming of a rich lemon yellow when mature, 

 and covered with small scattered russet specks : Stem, medium length, 

 about three quarters of an inch long, straight, rather slender, and 

 inserted in a deep, broad, and uneven cavity : Eye, medium size, nearly 

 closed, and moderately sunk in a small, slightly furrowed basin : Flesli, 

 yellow, fine, soft, and very tender : Juice, abundant, pleasantly acid, 

 rich, brisk, high flavored, and excellent: Core, large, nearly closed: 

 Seeds, medium size, broad. 



Eipe in September, and in eating through October. 



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