SUMMER APPLES. CLASS I. 61 



CI.ASS I. 



A SELECT DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF THE APPLES IN 

 CULTIVATION IN THE UNITED STATES. 



SECTION I. 



SUMMER APPLES. 



1. *AMERICAN SUMMER PEARMAIN. 



The tree bears abundantly. The fruit is of medium 

 size, oblong ; of a bright red, streaked and blotched with 

 deeper red next the sun ; occasionally a fine yellow ground 

 is visible ; the flesh very tender, very juicy, fine-flavored, 

 and excellent either for the dessert or for cooking. It 

 ripens the middle of August, and is highly deserving of 

 cultivation. 



2. BEAU. Judge Buel. 



" Fruit three inches in diameter, two and one fourth 

 deep ; eye in a regular and shallow cavity ; stalk short, 

 not projecting beyond the base; skin yellowish green, 

 with a faint blush on the sun side, and dotted with white; 

 flesh white and crisp ; juice abundant and agreeably acid. 

 A fine dessert and culinary fruit from end of Aug. to Oct." 



3. *BENONI. 



Medium-sized, of a fine red color, flavor subacid and 

 good. One of the best apples of the season, ripening the 

 last of July. A native, introduced to notice by Mr. E. M. 

 Richards, of Dedham. 



4. *EARLY SWEET BOUGH. 



The size varies from medium to large ; the form is ob- 

 long ; the skin smooth, of a pale yellow color ; the stalk is 

 short ; the flesh is white, tender, juicy, sweet, and excellent. 

 One of the very best dessert apples of its season, which is 

 early in August. 



5. *EARLY HARVEST. 



PRINCE'S HARVEST, ) t r> ~ 



EARLY FRENCH REINETTE, $ -> Loxe ' 

 The tree is of medium vigor ; not very productive. At 

 Salem this variety begins to show evident symptoms of 

 decay. A fruit above the medium size; globular, de- 

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