164 THE APPLE. 



perfect in form ; rich, pleasant, sweet flavor, and a general favorite where 

 known, but think it too small for general use. September and October. 



Pine Apple Russet. 

 Hardingham's Eusset. 

 Foreign. Fruit above medium ; roundish ovate, greenish yellow, over- 

 spread with thin russet; stem, long; calyx, small : basin, shallow, plaited; 

 flesh, yellowish white, juicy, crisp, spicy, sub-acid. October to November. 



Pittsburg Pippin. 



Flat Pippin, I Swiss Apple, I "William Tell. 



Father Apple, | Switzer Apple> | 



Supposed origin, Pittsburgh., Pa. Tree, irregular grower, moderate 



bearer. Fruit, large, roundish flattened; pale yellow, v/ith brown dots; 



stem, short; cavity, deep, slightly russeted; calyx, nearly closed, segments 



long; flesh, whitish, sprightly sub-acid; core, medium. December to 



January. 



PoWNAL SpITZENBERG. 



From Pownal, Vermont. Worthy more attention. Fruit, above me- 

 dium, roundish oblong; yellow, striped and overspread with red in sun, 

 large russet specks ; flesh, yellowish, crisp, a little coarse ; '• good." De- 

 cember to February. 



Press Ewing. 



Origin, Kentucky. Tree, hardy, vigorous, and productive. Fruit, 

 medium, roundish, flattened at base and crown, angular, slightly oblique ; 

 skin, yellow, shaded and striped with crimson, and thickly covered with 

 dots, having a dark centre ; stalk, medium, inserted in a very deep, narrow 

 cavity ; calyx, closed, set in an uneven, abrupt, peculiar basin; flesh, yel- 

 lowish, firm, juicy, crisp, tender, with a very agreeable sub-acid flavor, 

 aromatic. February till April. (Downing.) 



Progress, 

 Esquire, I Miller's Best Sort. 

 From Connecticut. Tree, vigorous, productive. Fruit, large, yellow, 

 specked with greenish russet, blush in sun, conical; flesh, tender. Keeps 

 till Spring. 



Pumpkin Russet. 



Sweet Eusset, | Tork Eusset, | Flint Eusset. 

 Fruit, large, roundish, yellowish green, thinly russeted; stem, long; 

 cavity, wide, shallow ; basin, small; flesh, dry, sweet ; ''good.'' Septem- 

 ber to December. 



Putnam Harvey. 



■p 

 American. Origin, uncertain; first received by me from A. H. Ernst, 



Esq., Cincinnati. Fruit, of size medium or above, roundish flattened, pale 

 green, with suffused white specks, patches of russet about the stem ; stem, 

 long and slender, with a strong knob at end where joined to the tree ; 

 Cctvity, narrow, rather deep; calyx, closed; segments long, connecting, re- 

 flexed ; basin, varying, sometimes moderately deep and regular, sometimes 

 sliahtly furrowed : flesh, white, crisp, very tender, juicy, sub-aciJ, agree- 

 abfe; core, medium, centre capsule open, seed capsules closed ; seeds, ovate 

 pointed. August and September. 



