64: THE APPLE. 



BALTIMORE. 



Baltimore Pippin, | Cable's Gilliflower, | fcoyal Pippin. 



Origin, unknown. Tree, thrifty, slender, very productive, on warm, rich 

 soils ; size, medium to large ; form, round, or roundish ovate ; color, light 

 yellow, striped, and splashed with purplish red, a little bronzed russet about 

 the stem, large whitish dots, and often a blue tinge marbled toward the 

 stem, resembling a bloom; stem, short; cavity, open. deep, regular; calyx, 

 small, half open; basin, shallow, regular \flesh, white, with a slight tinge 

 of yellow, tender, crisp, juicy, sub-acid, sprightly ; core, medium, or small ; 

 seeds, obovate pyriform. December to March. This is distinct from the 

 Baltimore of Lindley, which is of pale lemon color, tinged with red. and 

 with large open calyx. 



BATCHELOR. 

 Gross, | King, erroneously. 



From North Carolina. Fruit, very large, roundish, flattened, angular, 

 lemon yellow, washed with lively red on sunny side, gray dots, russet 

 around stem ; stem, short ; cavity, deep ; cahix. small, open ; basin, deep ; 

 flesh, white, tender, fine-grained, juicv, rnfld. sub-acid; core, medium. 

 October, November. Very valuable in Southern States. 



BENONI. 



From Massachusetts. Growth, vigorous, erect, good bearer ; fruity 

 medium, roundish, narrowing towards the eye, deep yellow, striped wUh 

 crimson, dotted with white specks ; stem, short, slender ; cavity, narro-v ; 

 calyx, large, open ; basin, furrowed ; flesh, yellow, crisp, tender, juicy, 

 vinous; "very good;" core, close; seeds, pale brown. August and Sep 

 teraber. Succeeds finely on the Western prairies. 



