OF SUMMER APPLES. 1 ( 



B. En(ts unequal. 



8. DRAP D'OR. 



Vmidrap d'Or, Ozca. Late Summer Pifpin. Bay Apple Am\ Bonne de Miii,THoiirsoii . Hudton Summer Pippin of 



some writers. 



Fruit large, roundish, narrowing from the b:ise to the crown. Skin smooth, fair, of a gold 

 color, and marked wilh distinct brown specks. Stem short, and moderately sunk in the 

 depression. Crown surrounds a shallow li.isin whosie form is irregularly plaited. Flesh 

 crisp and jiiirv, ploasnnt. 



a. SUM.MER GOLDEN PlPl'IN {Tkomso,,, Lindhy, P. Map.). 



Fruit lielow tlie medium size, ovate, compressed at the crown, whose depression is rather 

 wide and sliallow. C'olor bright yellow, siifl'iised on the sunny side with an orange blush. 

 Flesh yellowish, firm, crisp. 

 This apple is considered by Downing as inferior to many others which ripen in August. 



10. WHITE JUNEATING. 



Fruit below the medium size, roundish, circular : depressions shallow. Stem long and 

 slender. Color first greenish, then yellow, and finally the sunny side has a faint blush. 

 The flesh is crisp and pleasant. 

 The apple ripens earl}- in July, and is an excellent bearer. Very good, but not regarded 



as the liest. 



11. WHITE ASTRACAN. 



Whit« A$trttean, Thompson, Likpley. Pyrus Astracanica, Transparent Muscovie, Glace de Zelande of the French 



gardeners. 



This apple is not regarded as worthy of cultivation. It is conical, somewhat ribbed on the 

 sides, and also in the depressioti of the crown. Skin smooth, white, with a white bloom 

 and a few faint stripes of red. Flesh white, tender, rather dry, and disposed to become 

 mealy and water-cored. Ripens early in August. 



12. RED QUARENDEN {Lindhy). 



Sack Apple. 



Fruit scarcely reaching the medium size, roundish ovale, tlallened and slightly narrowed 

 at the crown, wliich has a very shallow depression. Color subcarmine, with a roundish 

 spot of green on the sunny side, and dotted with green. 

 Ri])ens early in August, and continues into Septcnber. Tt is a fine desert apple, and 



nearly equals in beauty the Red Astracan. 



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