UNTESTED YARIE-MES, ETC. 



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flesh, yellowish, juicy, tender, sugary sweet; "very good."' August and 



September. 



Male Carle. 



Mela Carla, I Pomme de Charles, | Charles Apple. 



Mela de Carlo, | Pomme Finale, 



Foreign. In our Southern and Southwestern sections, where the soil is 

 rich and summers long, this is one of the very finest apples, and should 

 always have a place. North, it does not answer. Fruit, medium, globu- 

 lar, slightly tapering to the eye ; pale waxy lemon yellow, with distinct 

 brilliant crimson cheek in sun, irregular russet dots, and oft marred by 

 patches of mold or fungus when grown on the alluvial bottoms ; stem, slen- 

 der ; cavity, narrow, deep, regular; calyx, small ; basin deep ; core, small f 

 seeds, round, ovate pointed ; flesh, white, tender, delicate rose perfume ; 

 '' best." October to January. 



Maria Bush. 



Origin, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. A healthy grower and good bearer 

 Fruit, large, roundish oblate ; skin, yellow shaded, striped and splasheo* 

 with red, and thinly sprinkled with russet dots ; stem, slender ; cavity, large 

 basin, abrupt and open; flesh, white, very tender, juicy, sub-acid, Octobei 

 and November. 



Marks. 



Oiigin, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, on the lands of Mr. Klinger. Tree 

 vigorous, upright, productive. Fruit, medium size, roundish, taperinj 

 slightly to the crown, somewhat angular ; slan, yellowish white, with a few 

 russet dots, and nearly covered with a faint orange blush; stem, half au 

 inch long, rather stout ; cavity, narrow, deep, acuminate ; calyx, small. 



