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THE APPLE. 



hollow ; seeds, plump, pyriform ; flesh, whitish, tender, sub-acid ; " very 

 good." Keeps to May. 



For varieties of this, see Willow Twig, &c. 



LOWRE QUEEN. 



Loure Queen. 



Trees, upright, early bearers, extensively grown in Central Ohio ; 

 somewhat resembles the Vandervere. Fruit, medium, roundish flattened, 

 oft, angular ; yellow, striped and splashed with dull red, rough irregular 

 dots, or specks of dull russet, russet at stem ; stem, slender ; cavity, regu- 

 lar, deep ; calyx, with long pointed segments ; basin, abrupt, broad, slightly 

 furrowed ; core, small ; seeds, ovate ; flesh, yellowish white, tender, juicy 

 " very good." November to February. 



LOUDON PIPPIN. 



Tree, productive, most grown in Northern Virginia ; fruit, large, round- 

 ish conical ; greenish yellow ; stem, short; calyx, large; flesh, greenish; 

 white, sub-acid ; valued only for its size, where people know what apples 

 should be. 



LONG STEM. 



Below medium, roundish oblong, sometimes angular ; skin, red in faint 

 stripes, with a number of grey russet dots; stem, long; cavity, me- 



