THE APPLE. 



Fruit, medium ;/0ri, roundish, rarely a little flattened ; color, pale light 

 yellow, with a few dots of white : stem, medium length, rather slender, 

 often short, and a little stcut; cavity, open, deep, regular; calyx, closed; 

 basin, shallow, slightly furrowed ; flesh, white, tender, juicy, crisp, sprightly, 

 sub-acid ; core, medium ; seeds, abundant, light brown, ovate. July. 



HEREFORDSHIRE PEARMAIN. 



Winter Pearmain, erroneously, 

 Boyal Pearmain, 



Boyale d' Angle terre. 



Foreign. Tree, hardy, requiring rich, strong soil, when the fruit is of 

 the highest excellence ; some regard this as first-rate, others as only second ; 

 cultivation, soil, and location, make the difference. It is best in Northern 

 sections. Snoots, diverging, partially drooping. 



Fruit, medium ; form, roundish conical ; color, brownish red. mottled, 

 and slighty striped, on a dull, rusty green, or, when fully matured, yellow 

 ground, with stripes and marblings of russet, from the stem, dotted with 

 greyish specks : stem, slender; cavity, acuminate, russeted ; calyr, open; 

 basin, medium ; flesh, yellowish, tender, mild sub-acid, aromatic ; core, me- 

 dium, laying nearest the stem end ; seeds, large, ovate, light brown. De- 

 cember to February. 



HUBBARDSTON NONSUCH. 

 Hubbardton Pippin. 



American : originated in Mass. A superior fruit, succeeding even better 

 when grown West than in its native locality, but not always hardy. Tree, 

 vigorous grower ; shoots, rather slender, very different from the Baldwiu, 

 which has often been disseminated as this variety ; spreading ; very pro- 

 ductive. 



Fruit, large, West very large; form, roundish ovate, very regular : color, 

 yellow ground, mostly overspread, and partially striped with rich red : stem, 

 hort; cavity ', narrow; calyx, with short open segments; foui*, deep 



