56 WESTERN FRUIT BOOK. 



Eemarks. — Tender, nearly first-rate. A good grower 

 and great bearer. " One of the best Fall apples." — Trans. 

 Ohio Pom. Society. 



Lyman's Large Summer. Color, pale yellow; form, 

 flattisli round ; size, 1 ; use, table ; quality, 2. 



Eemarks. — Moderate bearer. The tree requires short- 

 ening in, like the Peach, to keep up a proper supply of 

 young shoots, as they bear only on the ends. 



Lyman's Piimplnn Sweet. Color, green ; form, round to 

 qonical ; size, 1; use. kitchen; quality, 3; season, August 

 to September. 



Eemarks. — Eather too large. Often water cored. Not 

 desirable. AVas shown before the Cincinnati Horticultu- 

 ral Society as the Eeinette d'Espagne. 



Lyscom. Color, red on yellow; form, round; size, 1; 

 use, kitchen and table ; quality, 2 ; season, October to 

 November. 



Eemarks. — Flesh, fine grained, mild, sub-acid. 



MALE CAELE, or Mela Caria, etc. Color, yellowish 

 white, with russet dots, faint orange, or reddish cheek ; 

 form, rather flat and globular, with a slight tapering to 

 the eye ; size, 1 ; use, table and cooking ; quality, 1 to 2 ; 

 season, December, 



Eemarks. — This fruit is best adapted for the South and 

 South-west, where their seasons of Summer are long. 

 There it is one of the best apples. North it does not 

 answer. In the Middle States it is tolerably good. It is 

 a celebrated Italian apple, not to the fancy of everybody ; 

 having, to man}", an unpleasant flavor and perfume, which 

 is anything to them but '-Eose perfume," as stated by 

 Elliott. It is believed to answer for cooking. Sometimes 



