THE APPLE. 167 



planted in a deep, round, even cavity. Calyx large, in a broad, 

 plaited basin. Flesh fine grained, and exceedingly mild and 

 agreeable in flavour. In use from September to November. 



MACOMBER. 



Origin, Guilford, Maine. 



Fruit full medium, oblate, angular. Skin yellowish, shaded 

 and striped with red. Stalk short, cavity large. Calyx closed, 

 basin large and regular. Flesh white, fine grained, tender, fla- 

 vour sub-acid. December, January. 



MAGNOLIA. 



Origin, Bolton, Mass. Growth moderate, productive. 



Fruit medium, oblate, conic. Skin yellow, beautifully striped 

 and mottled with crimson. Stalk short, in a broad, uneven cavity. 

 Calyx closed, basin small. Flesh white, tender, juicy, with a 

 brisk) aromatic flavour. October. 



MAIDEN'S FAVOURITE. 

 Maiden's Apple. 



Origin, farm of J. G. Sickles, Stuyvesant, N. Y., from whom 

 specimens were received. Its delicacy and beauty will make 

 it desirable for the amateur. Tree of rather slow growth, up- 

 right slender branches, an annual and good bearer. 



Fruit medium, or below, oblong, sometimes slightly conic, 

 generally cylindric, but often very obscurely angular. Skin 

 whitish, or pale waxen yellow, shaded, and sometimes slightly 

 mottled with crimson, and sparsely sprinkled with minute dots. 

 Stalk short and small, surrounded by thin russet, in a deep, 

 uniform cavity. Calyx firmly closed, with persistent recurved 

 segments, in a basin slightly corrugated, deep, abrupt, round, and 

 open. Flesh whitish, tender, crisp, with a pleasant, very deli- 

 cate, vinous flavour. December to February. 



MAIDEN'S BLUSH. Coxe. Thomp. 



A remarkably beautiful apple, a native of New-Jersey, and 

 first described by Coxe. It begins to ripen about the 20th of 

 August, and continues until the last of October. It has all the 

 beauty of colour of the pretty little Lady Apple, and is much 

 cultivated and admired both for the table and for cooking. It 

 is also very highly esteemed for drying. 



Fruit medium sized, flat, and quite smooth and fair. Skin 

 thin, clear, lemon yellow, with a coloured cheek, sometimes 

 delicately tinted like a blush, and in others with a brilliant red. 

 Stalk short, planted in a rather wide, deep hollow. Basin 



