24 WESTERN FRUIT BOOK. 



Carter Apple. 



Eemarks. — From Yirginia. JSTot decided upon by the 

 J^ational Pomological Society. 



CAEY'S SEEDLING. Color, clouded green and yel- 

 low ; form, round oblate ; size, 2 ; use, table and kitchen ; 

 quality, 1 ; season, September and October. 



Eemarks. — Originated at Farmers' College, seven miles 

 from Cincinnati. Took premium at Ohio State Fair in 

 1852. Fine grained, tender, pleasant flavor; acid until 

 quite ripe, when it becomes a pleasant sub-acid. Tree 

 strong and vigorous, bears abundantly every second year, 

 like some others, as the White Jiineating, Eeece's Apple 

 of Campbell county, Ky., etc. This is a valuable variety. 



Catshead, or Cathead Greening, or Round Catshead. Color, 

 yellowish green ; form, roundish ; size, 1 ; use, kitchen ; 

 quality, 3 ; season, September and October. 



Eemarks. — Not of much value, only for cooking. There 

 is another, equally worthless, same shape, but striped yel- 

 low and red. " Second rate." — Trans. Ohio Pom. Society. 



Catline, or Grcgson Apple. Color, yellow ; form, flat ; 

 size, 3; use, table; quality, 2 ; season, September and 

 October. 



Eemarks. — Productive, and bears early. Shoots, 

 straight and delicate. "Good; little known. Of East- 

 ern Ohio." — Trans. Ohio Pom. Society. 



Chandler. Color, yellowish green ; form, round, im- 

 perfect ; size, 1 ; use, kitchen ; quality, 2 to 3 ; season, 

 October to January. 



Eemarks. — Yery acid. Exhibited by E. Dana to Cin- 

 cinnati Horticultural Society, August, 1855 ; pronounced 



