174 fHE APPLE. 



MOSES WOOD. 



Origin, Winthrop, Maine. 



Fruit medium, roundish. Skin yellow, striped with red, 

 cavity and basin shallow. Flesh white, tender, juicy, flavour 

 pleasant, sub-acid. September, October. (Me. P. S. Kept.) 



MOUSE APPLE. 

 Moose Apple. 



Origin, Ulster Co., N. Y. Tree vigorous and productive. 



Fruit, in weight, light; in size, large, roundish-oblong, or 

 slightly conical. Skin pale greenish yellow, with a brownish 

 blush on one side, and a few scattered, russety grey dots. Stalk 

 three-fourths of an inch long, rather slender, not deeply inserted. 

 Calyx closed, and set in a narrow basin, slightly plaited at the 

 bottom. Flesh very white and fine grained, and moderately 

 juicy, with a sprightly, delicate, and faintly perfumed flavour. 



MUNSON SWEET. 



Orange Sweet. Ray Apple. 

 Meachem Sweet. 



Origin uncertain, probably Massachusetts. Tree vigorous, 

 spreading, an annual and abundant bearer. 



Fruit medium, oblate. Skin pale yellow, sometimes with a 

 blush, stem short, cavity large. Calyx closed, basin small, 

 Flesh yellowish, tender, juicy, sweet. September to February. 



MORRISON'S RED. 



Origin, supposed to be a native of Medfield, Mass., on the farm 

 of Mr. Fisher, vigorous and productive. 



Fruit medium, conic, angular. Skin light yellow, shaded and 

 obscurely striped with deep red. Stalk very short, stout, cavity 

 small. Calyx closed, in a very small basin. Flesh tender, crisp, 

 with a very mild, pleasant, peculiar flavour. November to 

 March. 



NANTEHALEE. 



Maiden's Bosom. 



Origin, Alabama, introduced by Dr. W. 0. Baldwin, of Mont- 

 gomery. 



In size large, in shape quite conical, and deeply ribbed, in 

 colour a beautiful pale waxen yellow. Stem three-fourths 

 of an inch long, in a narrow, deep cavity. Calyx rather 

 large, basin deep, very much ribbed. Flesh white, juicy, and 

 pleasant. Middle of July to first of August. (J. Van Beuren, 



