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DESCRIPTIONS 



39. WHITE VANDERVERE Plate 24, fig. 1. Fig. 15. 



Fruit of tlie mediiiin size, 

 rlopresscd and eccentric. 

 Color pale golden yellow 

 and ornamented with faint 

 stripes of crimson, spread- 

 ing over a large part of 

 the apple. Calyx rather 

 large and the tube nearly 

 open to the core. Stem 

 rather thick and short, 

 unprojecting, fleshy in 

 the middle, and inserted 

 in an eccenctric depres- 

 sion. Flesh yellowish 

 white, subacid, pleasant, 

 inclining to sweet. 



This apple becomes rather mealy, or is past eating early in November ; yet it is a fine 

 apple for the desert, and is worth cultivating. It is characterized by its eccentric form or 

 lateral compression. 



40. DUCHESS OF OLDENBURGH (Thompson). 

 Fruit of the medium size ; form symmetrical, fair and smooth. Calyx rather large, deep ; 

 depression without plaits. Color yellow, finely worked and striped with red. Flesh 

 rich, juicy. 



Excellent apple of Russian origin ; ripens in September. 



41. BEAUTY OF KENT (Forsyth). 

 Fruit of the medium size or greater, irregular in form or unsymmetrical, subangular ; crown 

 contracted. Calyx rather small, closed. Stem short, slender, deep in a funnel-shaped 

 depression. Color yellowish green, mottled with dull or dingy red ; bright red on the 

 sunny side. Flesh firm, yellowish, crisp, juicy, pleasant. Keeps until christmas. 

 According to English authorities, is a very fine apple and withal beautiful. 



