THE APPLE. 221 



PRESIDENT. 



Origin, Essex Co., Mass. Tree vigorous, productive. 

 Fruit large, roundish oblong. Skin pale yellow, with brown 

 dots. Flesh yellow, firm, juicy, sub-acid. September, October. 



PRIESTLY. Coxe. Thomp. 

 Priestley's American. 



Origin, Pennsylvania. Tree vigorous, upright, and produc- 

 tive. 



Fruit large, roundish-oblong. Skin smooth, dull red, with 

 small streaks of yellowish green. Flesh white, moderately 

 juicy, with a spicy, agreeable flavour. December to March. 



PROLIFIC SWEET. 



From Connecticut. Good grower, very productive, fine for 

 cooking, roundish, conic. Skin greenish. Flesh whitish, ten- 

 der, with a pleasant, sweet, spicy flavour. November to Feb- 

 ruary. 



PUMPKIN RUSSET. 



Sweet Russet. Kenrick. 

 Pumpkin Sweet, ) ofsome 

 Flint Russet, ] J sc 

 York Russet. 



Fruit large, round. Flesh, pale yellowish green, slightly 

 covered with russet. Stalk long, set in a wide shallow cavity. 

 Eye narrow, slightly sunk. Flesh exceedingly rich and sweet. 

 September to January. Trees large and spreading, inclined to 

 rot. Not valuable. 



RED INGESTRIE. Thomp. Lind, 



Raised by Mr. Knight. This is greatly admired as a dessert 

 apple in England, but not here. 



Fruit small, oblong or ovate, with a wide basin at the eye, 

 and a short and slender stalk. Skin bright yellow, tinged and 

 mottled with red on the sunny side. Flesh very firm, juicy and 

 high flavoured. Ripens in September and October. 



The YELLOW INGESTRIE differs from the above as follows : 

 fruit of smaller size, of a clear, bright gold colour, without red. 

 Eye small and shallow. Flesh tender and delicate, with a 

 plentiful juice when freshly gathered from the tree. October. 



RED AND GREEN SWEET. 

 "Wry large, oblong, conic, ribbed. Skin greenish white with 



