RHODE-ISLAND GREENING APPLE. 



every year. Owing partly to the tenderness of its skin, it is more in- 

 clined to be wormy than some other varieties, which is the only fault, 

 if this can be considered one, which the Greening possesses. 



Teee. — ^Vigorous, with a branching and rather spreading habit, form- 

 ing a broad, flattened head ; annual growth, moderate. 



Wood. — Light reddish chestnut, dotted with a few round white specks, 

 downy at the ends, moderately stout, and short-jointed; old wood, 

 grayish chestnut; buds, small, short, broad, much flattened, very erect, 

 and slightly woolly : Flower-buds, medium size, woolly. 



Leaves. — Medium size, long ovate, narrowing next to the stem, 

 sharply pointed, bright green above, paler and slightly downy beneath, 

 deeply and sharply serrated ; petioles, medium length, about one inch 

 long, stout, downy. 



Flowers. — Large ; petals obovate, wavy, cupped, and shghtly tinged 

 with blush. 



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

 three quarters deep : Form, roundish oblate, slightly flattened at the 

 base, and indistinctly ribbed : Skin, fair, smooth, with an oily touch, of 

 a clear deep green, becoming of a mellow yellow when ripe, with a faint 

 tinge of blush on the sunny side : Stem, medium length, about three 

 quarters of an inch long, moderately stout, curved, and inserted in a 

 moderately deep cavity : Eye, small, closed, and slightly depressed in a 

 somewhat furrowed basin; segments of the calyx, woolly: Flesh, yel- 

 low, fine, crisp and tender : Juice, very abundant, of a brisk, refreshing 

 acid, very high flavored and rich : Core, medium size : Seeds, medium size. 



Ripe in December, and often keeps till March. 



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