OF aiTtumn apples. 29 



A. J-nds equal or siibeniial. 



20. RAMBO. 



Romanite, Heekiiofurlher, BreaJ-anil-clieese, of Xew-Jersey. 



Fruit of tlie medium size, circular, depressed or flattened. Skin smooth and fair. Stem 

 rather long and slender, and set in a deep and wide depression. Calyx medium size, 

 and inclosed in a shallow depression. Crown low and wide. Color yellow ; sunny side 

 blazed with carmine, which is interspersed with grayish green dots. Flesh yellowish, 

 rich and juicy. 

 It is regarded, in Pennsylvania and New- Jersey, as one of the best of their apples : it is 



also ranked in this State as one of ihc^ first and best of apples. 



•Jl. BLENHEIM FIPPIN (T/wnpson, Lindley). 



Jilenhcim Orange, Woodstock Pippin. 



Fruit above the medium size, roundish. Calyx depressed in a large basin. Color orange 

 yellow, and striped on the sunny side with dingy carmine. Flesh yellowish, very sweet. 

 A large cooking apple especially for baking, and in use from October to December. 



22. BEAUTY OF THE WEST. 



This is another large, showy, sweet cooking apple, but superior to the above. Color light 

 greenish yellow, ornamented with tliin stripes of carmine on the sunny side. Stem 

 short; depression round. Flesh tender, juic)', sweet and pleasant. 

 Although an autumn apple, it has good keeping cpialities. 



23. KERRY PIPPIN (Thompsmi, Lindley). 

 Hampshire Yellow. 

 Fruit medium size, round-oval ; crown somewhat flattened, unsymmetrical. Stem half an 

 inch long, set in a narrow depression. Color pale yellow, fair, shining, stained and 

 striped with carmine. Calyx of the medium size, and inclosed in a plaited depression. 

 An Irish apple, and ripe in October. 



24. NONSUCH (Lond. Hort Soe. Cat. No. 677). 



Langton A'onsuch, Hanbury, Hoy, Fobsyth. 



Fruit of the medium size, round and regular. Stem short, slender. Calyx closed and 

 confined in a shallow and rather wide excavation. Color yellow, niarl)led with orange; 

 brick red stripes, broken or in patches, on the sunny side. Flcsli wliite and tender, and 

 is regarded as a fine np])le for jellies. 



