132 THE APPLE. 



ESTEN. 



From Rhode Island. Tree, vigorous, productive ; fruit, large, oblong 

 ovate, slightly ribbed ; yellow, faint blush in sun, large green dots ; stem, 

 slender; cavity, deep ; basin, shallow ; flesh, white, sub-acid. October. 



EUSTIS. 



Native Mass. Fruit, medium to large, roundish, slightly flattened ; red 

 and yellow striped or splashed ; stem, slender, inclined one side ; cavity, 

 deep, open ; calyx, closed : basin, open ; core, small ; seeds, ovate angular ; 

 flesh, yellowish, crisp, tender, aromatic, sub-acid. December to January. 



FALL JENNETTING. 



Fall Gennetting. 



Probably American. An old variety known to us in Connecticut when 

 i Mr. Hovey says, in 1847 " New and very desirable." 



Fruit, large, roundish, flattened, ribbed at base, narrowing to the eye, pale 



ig.) There is another Gennetting grown in Ohio, maturing from July 

 September, which is sour and unworthy. 



FOUNDLING. 



Funtling. 



Native of Mass. " Fruit, large, roundish flattened, narrowing to the 

 eye, yellowish green, with broken stripes pale red, greenish specks ; stem, 

 short, slender ; cavity, deep; calyx, closed; basin, furrowed; core, me- 

 dium; seeds, small; flesh, yellowish, crisp, tender, sprightly, sub-acid. 

 August and September." (Hov. Mag.) 



FALL QUEEN. 



Horse Apple, I Red Gloria Mundi ? 

 Oldfield, I Fall Beauty. 



Origin unknown. Valued highly South and West for cooking. Fruit, 

 medium to large, roundish conical, little irregular, greenish yellow to 

 orange, blush in sun, russet lines about stem; stem, short; cavity, shal- 

 low ; basin, narrow ; core, large, hollow ; flesh, yellow, coarse, acid. Last 

 July. 



FALL HARVEY. 



Native of Mass. Not productive. Fruit, large, roundish flattened, 

 greenish yellow, with scattered brown dots ; stem, slender ; cavity, deep ; 

 flesh, white, mild sub-acid, juicy ; " very good." October and November. 



FAVORITE. 

 From Kentucky. Fruit, small, roundish, tapering to the eye, pale yel- 



