MANOMET APPLE. 



WTqod, — Dark reddish chestnut, dotted with a very few small whitish 

 specks, moderately stout, short-jointed, and sHghtly downy ; old wood, 

 brownish red ; buds, large, broad, slightly flattened, Httle downy, and 

 erect : Flower-buds, medium size. 



Leaves. — ^Large, roundish ovate, broadest about the middle, rounding 

 off to the point, thick, dark green above, shghtly pubescent beneath, 

 conspicuously veined, and deeply, coarsely and sharply serrated ; peti- 

 oles, medium length, about three quarters of an inch long, stout. 



Flowees. — Medium size ; petals, cupped. 



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

 deep : Form, roundish, regular, flattened at the base, narrowing slightly 

 to the crown : Skin, very fair, smooth, lemon yellow, covered with a 

 brilliant vermilion red on the sunny side, little traced with russet at the 

 base of the stem, and dotted with russet specks : Stem, short, about 

 half an inch long, slender, straight, and inserted in a rather small, shal- 

 low cavity : Eye, large, closed, and slightly depressed in a small, finely 

 furrowed, shallow basin ; segments of the calyx, long : Flesh, yellow, 

 crisp, and tender : Juice, abundant, very sweet, rich, and finely flavored: 

 Core, closed : Seeds, medium size. 



Ripe in August and the early part of September. 



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