26 WESTERN FRUIT BOOK. 



'• Popular Slimmer cooking apple." — Trans. Ohio Pom. 

 Society. It is rer}' similar to the Dutch Codlin. " The 

 English Codiins coddle here as well as in their native 

 land, where they have passed into a proverb for their 

 suj^reme excellence as a stewing ap2:)le ; but that called 

 the English Codlin here, is often blotched and knotty." — 

 Trans. Am. Pom. Society. It is not SO, near Cincinnati. 

 " Summer apples, of the best English sorts, invariably 

 become too acid under our sun. ( ! ) Bed Astrachan, from 

 ]!*^orth of Europe, is acid and dry." — Trans. Am. Pom. 

 Society. Keswick Codlin, exhibited often by the author at 

 Cincinnati Horticultural Eooms, and very fair and fine. 



Clyde Beauty, or MacJcies. Color, pale greenish yel- 

 low, striped and mottled with light red, deep crimson in 

 the sun ; form, roundish conical, slightly ribbed ; size, 1 ; 

 use, table; quality, 2 ; season, September to December. 



Eemarks. — Deserves to be cultivated, from its fine- 

 grained, juicy, sub-acid, very j^leasant qualities. 



Cole. Color, bright red ; form, roundish, little conical ; 

 size, 1 to 2 ; use, table; quality, 2; season, July and 

 August. 



Eemarks. — An early bearer, and a pleasant, sprightly 

 fruit ; also hardy. Fruit, juicy and " very good." 



COOPEE. Color, greenish yellow, with stripes and 

 blotches of pale red; form, roundish, flattened; size, 1; 

 use, table ; quality, 1 ; season, August to November. 



Eemarks. — Best on rich, limestone clay. Eather sub- 

 ject to canker. •■^ Flesh, yellowish, crisp, juicy. It is 



•' One sort of Canker proceeds, we tliink, from the ravages of the 

 white aphis, or apple louse, which has the appearance of a white mold. 



Another kind of Canker of apple trees may, in some situations, be 

 caused by the uncongenial nature of the soil. A person has informed us 



