UNTESTED VARIETIES, ETC. 121 



CLASS II. Embraces varieties^ of which many are new and un- 

 tested, and others suited only to large orchards or certain localities. 



Abbott. 

 Abbott's Sweet. 

 American. Fruit, medium, roundish, slightly conical, dull green, tinged, 

 striped and blotched with red ', flesh, tender, juicy, wants flavor. Decem- 

 ber" to March. (Hov. Mag.) 



Adams. 

 Noll's No. 1. 

 A Pennsylvanian seedling of White Deer Township, Union County. 

 Large ; roundish oblate ; faintly mottled and striped with red on a greenish 

 yellow ground ; stem, half an inch long ; cavity, broad, acute ; calyx, 

 rather large ; segments closed ', basin, wide, moderately deep, plaited ; flesh, 

 greenish white, of fine texture, rather juicy ; "very good.'^ (W. D. B.) 



Adam's Pearmain. 

 Foreign. Fruit, medium, conical, pale greenish yellow, with gray rus 

 Bet ; stem, slender ', flesh, yellowish, crisp, aromatic. Early Winter. 

 (Lindley.) 



Agnes. 



American. Fruit, below medium, roundish flattened; stem, short; 

 cavity, deep ; calyx, closed ; basin, medium ; color, yellowish, striped and 

 shaded with red; brown dots: flesh, white, spicy, sub-acid; "good." 

 August to September. 



AlLES. 



From Chester County, Pa. Tree, upright, free grower, profuse bearer. 

 Fruit large, nearly globular ; stem, in a narrow cavity ; basin, round, 

 medium ; yellowish, shaded and striped with red ; flesh, yellow, firm, rich 

 vinous; "vervgood;" core, small. December to May. For baking and 

 stewing. 



Albemarle Pippin. 



Fruit, meaium or large, round, yellow, with brown specks ; flesh, pale 

 yellow, sub-acid. Grown in Virginia; keeps well. (Thomas.) 



Alexander. 



Emperor Alexander. 

 Foreign. Fruit, large, conical, flattened at base, red streaked on green- 

 ish yellow ; stem, small ; cavity, deep ; calyx, large ; basin deep ; ffesh, 

 coarse, crisp ; showy ; poor bearer. October. 



Allen's Choice. 



From Brownsville, Pa. Fruit, medium ; roundish flattened ; red, shaded 

 and striped, often a dark cheek sprinkled with small white dots ; stem, 

 short ; cavity, open, deep ; calyx, closed ; basin, shallow, slightly ribbed ; 

 flesh, white, coarse, aromatic ; " good." January. 



Allum. 



Hallum, I Kockingham Red. 

 Much grown in northern N. Carolina, valuable chiefly for its keeping 

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