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Apples. 



Lyman's Large Summer. Large, roundish, flattened at ends ; pale 

 yellow ; sub-acid, high flavored, rather fine in quality. Ripens at 

 the end of summer. Tree a poor bearer until large. Conn. 



PRIMATE. Above medium in size, roundish-conical, somewhat 

 ribbed, light green, becoming light yellow, often with a slight 

 blush ; fine grained, very juicy, with a very agreeable, mild, sub- 

 acid flavor. Ripens for several weeks through the latter part of 

 summer. Valuable. Western New York. 



RED ASTRACHAN. Rather large, sometimes quite large, roundish- 

 oblate, slightly approaching conical, rather smooth ; nearly 

 whole surface brilliant deep crimson, with a thick bloom like 

 a plum ; stalk one-half to three-fourths of an inch long ; 

 calyx in a small slightly uneven basin ; flesh white, rather crisp ; 

 good, rather acid, slightly austere. A few days after Early Har- 

 vest. Excellent for cooking. Shoots stout, dark brown, diverg- 

 ing and ascending ; leaves broad. This apple, although of 

 second-rate flavor, is rendered by its earliness and very handsome 

 and fair appearance, by the vigor and productiveness of the tree, 

 and its excellent culinary qualities, worthy of general cultivation. 

 It should be picked a few days before fully mature. Hardy far 

 west. 



Sine Qua Non. Size medium, roundish, inclining to conical ; 

 smooth, pale greenish yellow, shaded with reddish brown to the 



Fig. 249. Sine Qua. Non. 



sun ; stalk quite slender, nearly an inch long ; basin smooth or 

 very slightly plaited ; flesh greenish white, fine grained, delicate 



