24 DESCRIPTIONS 



B. Ends unequal. 



Boss's Nonpareil. Medium size, circular. Calyx depression shallow. Stem long ; insertion 



deep, and protruding beyond the base. 

 tBowYER's Russet. Below the medium size, circular. Calyx depression small. Stem half an 



inch long; depression regular. 

 PiTMASTON Russet or Nonpareil. Medium size, flat. Caly.^ depression broad and shallow. 



Stem short ; insertion shallow. 



DESCRIPTION OF AUTUMN APPLES- 



Class I. Red, or red striped upon yellow or red ground, or with brownish stripes, ornaments, etc. 



Orde:r I. Heig;ht and breadth equal or subequal. 



A. Ends equal or subequal. 



1. WESTFIELD SEEKNOFURTHER. Fig. 8. 



Fruit of llie medium size, excentric, 

 rather elongated. Calyx implanted 

 in a shallow depression, with a large 

 funnel-form space towards the core. 

 Stem rather short and thick ; depres- 

 sion e(iiialingtliecrown; base rounded. 

 Color, ground yellow and striped with 

 carmine, deeper on the sunny side, 

 greenish russet within the stem depres- 

 sion, dotted upon the bright side. 

 Taste and flavor not very unlike a 

 Spitzenberg. Ripe in October, but 

 keeps till January, and is usually re- 

 garded as a winter apple. 



2. FALL STRAWBERRY. Plate 25. 

 Fruit of the medium size ; ends subequal ; breadth somewhat greater than the height, 

 circular, slightly compressed. Stem rather long, and set in a deep and rather wide 

 regular depression. Calyx medium size and depth, closed, and surrounded by a wide 

 crown. Color, bright yellow ground, striped with red, and deeper upon the sunny side ; 

 crown bright yellow, and the red distributed about the base. Flesh white with a faint 

 reddish tinge ; juice rich, subacid. Core small. Calyx-tube closed. Ripe in October. 

 Exhibited at the New-York Fruit Convention in 1848. 



