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THE APPLE. 



Fruit, medium ; form, roundish, rarely a little flattened ; color, pale light 

 yellow, with a few dots of white ; stem, medium length, rather slender, 

 often short, and a little stout; cavity, open, deep, regular; calyx, closed; 

 basin, shallow, slightly furrowed ; flesh, white, tender, juicy, crisp, sprightly, 

 sub-acid ; core, medium ; seeds, abundant, light brown, ovate. July. 



HEREFORDSHIRE PEARMAIN. 



Winter Pearmain, erroneously, 

 Koyal Pearmain, 



Parmin Eoyal, 

 Old Pethnain, 



Koyale d'Angleterre. 



Foreign. Tree, hardy, requiring rich, strong soil, when the fruit is of 

 the highest excellence ; some regard this as first-rate, others as only second ; 

 cultivation, soil, and location, make the difference. It is best in Northern 

 sections. Shoots, diverging, partially drooping. 



Fruit, medium ; form, roundish conical ; color, brownish red, mottled, 

 and slighty striped, on a dull, rusty green, or, when fully matured, yellow 

 ground, with stripes and marblings of russet, from the stem, dotted with 

 greyish specks ; stem, slender ; cavity, acuminate, russeted ; calyx, open ; 

 basin, medium ; flesh, yellowish, tender, mild sub-acid, aromatic ; core, me- 

 dium, laying nearest the stem end; seeds, large, ovate, light brown. De- 

 cember to February. 



HUBBARDSTON NONSUCH. 

 Hubbardton Pippin. 



American : originated in Mass. A superior fruit, succeeding even better 

 when grown West than in its native locality, but not always hardy. Tree, 

 vigorous grower ; shoots, rather slender, very different from the Baldwin, 

 which has often been disseminated as this variety ; spreading ; very pro- 

 ductive. 



Fruit, large, West very large ; form, roundish ovate, very regular ; color, 

 yellow ground, mostly overspread, and partially striped with rich red ; stem, 

 short; cavity, narrow; calyx, with short open segments; basin, deep / 



