322 APPLES. 



wrinkled basin ; flesh white, firm, rich, very stveet. Excellent 

 for winter baking. Keeps into spring. Young tree vigorous, 

 upright, shoots becoming spreading ; leaves wavy. Fig. 406. 

 Productive. Hardy. Rhode Island. 



Wells Sweet. Medium in size, roundish, tapering slightly to base 

 and apex ; color light green, wtih a brownish cheek ; stalk short ; 

 basin shallow ; flesh very white, tender, rich, agreeable. Early 

 winter. Newburg, N. Y. 



Winter Sweet Paradise. Rather large, roundish ; skin pale green- 

 ish yellow with a brown blush ; stalk short ; calyx and basin small ; 

 flesh white, with a sweet, "very good" flavor. Ripens through 

 winter. Origin, Pennsylvania. Succeeds well at the West. 



CLASS II. WITH MORE OR LESS ACIDITY. 



Section /. Striped with Red. 



Ailes. Large, oblate ; striped and shaded red on yellow ; stalk short, 

 cavity narrow, basin medium ; flesh yellow, crisp, firm, with a 

 rich, sub-acid, "very good" flavor. Keeps through spring. Chester 

 County, Pa. 



Anis. Small, oblate conical, ribbed ; yellow, nearly covered with 

 dark crimson in strips and splashes ; cavity deep, stem short, stout ; 

 basin wide, shallow; flesh firm, finegrained, sub-acid, aromatic; 

 quality best when properly ripened. This apple belongs to a family 

 grown on the upper Volga in Russia, on a large scale, all of which 

 are valuable for cultivation in the northern limits of fruit culture. 

 Fig. 432. Russian. 



Anisovka. Large, oblate ; yellowish, striped and splashed with red ; 

 flesh yellowish white, juicy, sub-acid; cavity large, stem medium, 

 basin wide, deep. This belongs to the Oldenburg family and re- 

 sembles the Oldenburg in the tree and in the size, shape, and mark- 

 ings of the fruit. It has also proven hardy in the Northwest. 

 Fig. 451. Russian. 



Arkansas Black. Medium, slightly conical, regular, smooth, glossy ; 

 yellow, generally covered with deep crimson, small light-colored 

 dots ; basin shallow ; eye small, closed ; cavity shallow, russeted ; 

 stem medium ; flesh very yellow, fine-grained, firm, juicy, sub-acid, 

 rich, very good. Late winter. Arkansas. Fig. 477. 



Babbitt. Large, oblate conical, angular, smooth; greenish white, 

 shaded and striped with red, dots light, few ; cavity large, deep, 

 regular ; stem short ; basin medium, regular, furrowed ; calyx shal- 

 low ; eye small, closed ; flesh yellowish white, fine-grained, juicy, 

 brisk, sub-acid ; excellent cooking apple. Strong grower, hardy, 

 productive. 



Baer. Rather small, roundish-oblate ; striped red on greenish yel- 

 low ; stalk long, cavity wide and deep ; basin small, plaited ; flesh 

 tender, fine grained, pleasant, very good keep still spring. Berks 

 County, Pa. Identical with Hiester. 



