328 APPLES. 



Indiana Favorite. Medium, oblate, regular, handsome ; shaded and 

 striped with red on rich yellow, with large yellow russet specks; 

 stem short, cavity wide, calyx open, in a moderate even basin; 

 flesh yellowish, crisp, a mild sub-acid, agreeable flavor, "very 



food." Tree spreading, excellent bearer. Keeps remarkably well, 

 t is a seedling of the Vandevere Pippin and resembles it, except in 

 being of a deeper red and much less acid, and superior in flavor. 



Ingram. (Ingram Seedling.) Medium, roundish conical ; yellow, 

 splashed and striped crimson ; cavity regular, medium depth, stem 

 short and stout, basin medium ; slightly leather cracked ; flesh 

 yellowish, fine, tender and juicy when fully ripe, sub-acid, good. 

 Late winter. Seedling of Rails. Good South. Missouri. 



Jersey Black. Size medium, round, somewhat irregular; striped 

 blackish red on lighter red, with numerous small dots; flesh often 

 stained; stalk variable, cavity deep; basin shallow, plaited; flesh 

 yellow, crisp, juicy, mild sub-acid, agreeable. Early winter. 

 Tree vigorous, but does not grow large ; spreading, productive. A 

 valuable market apple at the West. 



FIG. 420. Hall. FIG. 421. King. FIG. 422. Jonathan. 



FIG. 423. Smith's Cider. FIG. 424. Herefordshire Pearmain. 



Jonathan.* Medium in size, round-ovate, or approaching truncate- 

 conical ; regular, nearly covered with brilliant stripes of clear red 

 on a pale yellow ground ; stalk slender ; basin very distinct, rather 

 deep; flesh white, ywy j^w\y, spicy, sub-acid, moderately rich. 

 Keeps through winter. Snoots slender, diverging ; tree very pro- 

 ductive ; fruit always handsome and fair. Fig. 422. Kingston, 

 N. Y. The slender growth of the tree is an objection with cul- 

 tivators. It succeeds well in most localities and is a popular 

 market variety in many sections, both East and West. 



Jones' Seedling. Medium, round conical ; light yellow, striped 

 red ; flesh sub-acid, almost sweet. Winter. Tennessee. 



Kaiser. (Red Seek-no-further.) Size medium, roundish-oblate, 

 often slightly oblique ; shaded and obscurely striped with red on 

 greenish yellow ; stalk short, cavity large ; basin shallow, some- 

 times deep, furrowed ; flesh fine-grained, mild sub-acid, slightly 



