MOST GENERALLY ESTEEMED. 



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SizCj small to medium ; form, roundish ovate, tapering much toward the 

 eye ; color, generally rich golden yellow, overspread with soft russet, and 

 in sun, a marbling of red; stem, slender; cavity, narrow, regular; calyx. 

 small, closed ; basin, shallow, sometimes furrowed ; jlesh, yellowish, tender, 

 juicy, almost buttery, delicate, sprightly; core, large for size of fruit; seeds, 

 full, ovate pyramidal. December to March. November to January, South, 



Canadian Eeinette, 

 Pomme de Caen, 

 Rcinette Grosse du Canada, 

 De Bretague, 



Canada Pleinette. 



Januarea, 



German Green, 



Eeinette du Canada, 



Grosse Eeinette d'Angleterre, 



Yellow Newtown Pippin, erroneously. 



Eeinette du Canada Blanche, 

 Eeinette du Canada a'JJortea, 

 Portugal, 

 Wahr Eeinette, 



Foreign. Tree, strong, vigoi-ous, upright, spreading, productive, very 

 hardy. Size, large ; form, roundish, flattened, irregularly angular, much 

 ribbed, sometimes almost oblong and smooth ; color, light greenish-yellow, 

 a blush in sun, and small dark green specks, surrounded with light green, 

 Buffused beneath the skin ; stem, short ; cavity, narrow, slightly russeted ; 

 calyx, large ; basin, deep, angular, with prominent ribs ; flesh, yellowish 

 white, crisp, tender, juicy, sub-acid, sprightly; core, small, compact; seeds, 



dark, almost black. 



January to May. 



Carnation. 



Fruit, medium size ; a delicious sub-acid apple, fully first-rate ; color, dark- 

 red, splashed with russet ; flesh, white, brittle, and very juicy ; both the calyx 

 and stem are sunk in deep depressions ; no Autumn apple is superior 

 August, at South. 



