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New Apples. 



Basin deep, abrupt, regular ; eye rather large, somewhat open ; calyx 

 reflexed. 



Cavity medium, acute, wavy ; stem of medium length, slender. 



Core small, closed, irregular, meeting the eye ; seeds numerous, plump, 

 dark, rather small ; flesh yellow, breaking, tender, juicy ; flavor sub-acid ; 

 quality good. Use, table and market ; season, April, " keeping till July." 



This is certainly a very beautiful and attractive apple, and, when tested 

 in other localities, bids fair to become a popular fruit, on account of its 

 quality, appearance, and keeping. It was described in Colman's " Rural 

 World " for May i. 



Diagnosis. — Class II., order I., sect. 2, sub-sect. i. 



Nelson. — This long-keeping variety was exhibited before the Illinois 

 State Horticultural Society last December, at Champaign, when it was too 

 green and immature to give any idea of its quality. Mr. W. T. Nelson of 

 Wilmington, 111., has since sent me specimens of this fruit ; which is 

 certainly a rich, long-keeping, sweet baking-apple, different from any thing 

 with which I am acquainted. Mr. Nelson has not been able to trace the 

 history or origin of the variety which is here described with his name. 



