84 western pruit book. 



Silver Eusset. 



Remarks. — The finest flavored russet known, when you 

 can get them, for they almost invariably rot before ripe. 



Sine Qua Non. Color, greenish yellow ; form, round- 

 ish ovate; size, 2; use, table; quality, 2; season, August. 



Remarks. — Flesh, juicy, sprightly, sub-acid, and excel- 

 lent flavor. Slow, poor grower. Good bearer. Our rich 

 Western soils undoubtedly give both fruits and vegetables 

 a larger and more tender, or spongy growth. And so this 

 fruit has become larger, and the tree a better grower 

 here. " Of Long Island. Poor bearer, and of little 

 value." — Trans. Ohio Pom. Societi/. This conflicts with our 

 experience near Cincinnati ; but localities difl'er. 



Small Black. 



Remarks.— '• Of T. Y. Petticolas. ]S"ot approved."— 

 Trans. Ohio Pom. Society. Only fit for cider. 



SMITH'S CIDER. Color, pale bright red and yellow, 

 sometimes deej:) red, nearly all red, with white specks ; 

 form, roundish flattened, slightly oblong sometimes ; size, 

 2 to 1 in favorable situations and soils ; use, table and 

 cooking ; quality, 2 to 1 ; season, November to February. 



Remarks. — Fine, good grower, with a spreading habit. 

 This fruit is generally considered deserving of a better 

 name ; cider inferring an apple mostly suitable for that 

 purpose only. It is a fruit which has, in our view, con- 

 siderable character, and its peculiar and aromatic flavor 

 is liked by many. It is mostly fair and glossy, and 

 attracts much attention in the stalls. Some persons think 

 it has but little flavor, and that unpleasant. The palate 

 will not admit of much disputation, being rather an arbi- 

 trary organ. White flesh, juicy. " Handsome and good 

 Winter." — Trans. Ohio Pom. Society. We propose that it 



