S4: THE APPLE. 



Fruit, medium ; form, roundish, rarely a little flattened ; color, pale light 

 yellow, with a few dots of white ; stem, medium length, rather slender, 

 often short, and a little stout: cavity, open, deep, regular; calyx, closed; 

 basiii, shallow, slightly furrowed ; JJcsh, white, tender, juicy, crisp, sprightly 

 sub-acid ; core, medium ; seeds, abundant, light brown, ovate. July. 



Herefordshire Pearmain. 



Winter Pearmain, erroneously, I Parmin Eoyal, I Eoyale d'Angleterre. 

 Eoyal Pearmain, | Old Pearmain, j 



Foreign. Tree, hardy, requiring rich, strong soil, when the fruit is of 

 the highest excellence ; some regard this as first-rate, others as only second ; 

 CLiltivation, soil, and location, make the difference. It is best in Northern 

 sections. Shoots, diverging, partially drooping. 



Fruit, medium ; form., roundish conical ; color, brownish red, mottled, 

 and slighty striped, on a dull, rusty green, or^ when fully matured, yellow 

 ♦ground, with stripes and marblings of russet, from the stem, dotted with 

 greyish specks ; stem, slender ; cavity, acuminate, russeted ; calyx, open ; 

 /n.N-m, medium; flesh, yellowish, tender, mild sub-acid, aromatic; core, me- 

 dium, laying nearest the stem end; seeds, large, ovate, light brown. De- 

 cember to February. 



HUBBARDSTON NoNSUCH. 

 Hubbardton Pippin. 



American : originated in Mass. A superior fruit, succeeding even better 

 when grown West than in its native locality, but not always hardy. Tree, 

 vigorous grower; shoots, rather slender, very different from the Baldwin, 

 which has often been disseminated as this variety ; spreading ; very pro- 

 ductive. 



Fruit, large. West very large ; form, roundish ovate, very regular : color, 

 yellow ground, mostly overspread, and partially striped with rich red ; stem, 

 short; cavity, narrow; calyx, with short open segments; basin, deep^ 



