CLASS I. FLAT APPLES. I. I. II. 391 



grained, breaking, juicy ; Flavor very sweet ; Quality very 

 good ; Use, baking and stock ; Season September and Oc- 

 tober. 



CLASS I. FLAT APPLES. 

 ORDER I. REGULAR. 



SECTION 1. SWEET. 

 SUB-SECTION 2. STRIPED. 

 *altimoi-4% [Of Elliott.] 



FLUSHING SPITZENBERG, OF NORTHWEST. CABLE'S GILLIFLOWER. 

 ROYAL PIPPIN IN ILLINOIS. 



The origin of this very satisfactory second rate fruit is 

 unknown, though it is extensively cultivated in western 



Fig. 59. BALTIMORE. 



orchards, especially in the lake country, for it is scarcely 

 known within the Ohio river fruit region. 



Tree thrifty, sufficiently vigorous but with slender 

 growth, very productive, spreading. 



Fruit medium, regular, oblate, almost round in some 

 specimens , Surface smooth, red, striped with deep red and 

 often covered with whitish or gray markings that give it 



