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quality. Ripens at the end of summer. Tree a poor 

 bearer till large. Conn. 



Mank's Codlin. Size medium ; roundish, oblong-ovate ; 

 pale yellow, with an orange blush ; stalk fleshy ; basin 

 shallow, plaited ; flesh firm, brisk, sub-acid. Culinary. 

 English. 



Oslin. Rather small, roundish-oblate, lemon yellow mm- 

 gled with some green ; stalk short, thick, cavity rather 

 shallow ; basm shallow, a little plaited ; flesh fine, crisp ; 

 flavor spicy, good, hardly first-rate. 



Red Astrachan. Rather large, sometimes quite large, 

 roundish-oblate, slightly approaching conical, rather 

 smooth ; nearly whole surface brilliant deep crimson, 

 with a thick bloom like a plum ; stalk one-half to three- 

 fourths of an inch long ; calyx in a small slightly uneven 

 basin ; flesh white, rather crisp ; good, rather acid, very 

 slightly austere. A few days after Early Harvest. Ex- 

 cellent for cooking. Shoots stout, dark brown, diverg- 

 ing and ascending ; leaves broad. This apple, although 

 of second-rate flavor, is rendered by its earliness and very 

 handsome and fair appearance, by the vigor and pro- 

 ductiveness of the tree, and its excellent culinary quali- 

 ties, worthy of general cultivation. 



Sine Qua Non. Size medium ; roundish, inclining to co- 

 nical ; smooth, pale greenish yellow, shaded with reddish 

 brown to the sun ; stalk quite slender, nearly an inch 

 long; basin smooth or very slightly plaited; flesh green- 

 ish white, fine grained, delicate, very tender, moderately 

 juicy, of a fine, agreeable, sub-acid flavor. Shoots green- 

 ish yellow, growth slow ; fruit always fair, tree very pro- 

 ductive. Ripens two weeks after Early Harvest. Origin, 

 Long Island. Fig. 111. 



Summer Bellflower. Rather above medium, round-ovate, 

 slightly oblong and conical, yellow, with sometimes a 

 faint orange blush, stulk an inch long, cavity shallow ; 

 basin small, smooth, slightly five-sided ; flesh white, fine- 

 grained, tender, rich, sub-acii, fine. Shoots vigorous 

 upright; bears well everyyear. Origin, Dutchess county 

 N, Y. New. 10 



