CLASS I. FLAT APPLES. 1. I. II. 897 



animals. Tree vigorous, healthy, spreading, round, with 

 branches sufficiently open; Shoots dark olive; Foliage 

 large, dark green. 



Fruit medium to large, globular-oblate, regular; Sur- 

 face smooth, greenish-yellow, covered with dull red in 

 confused stripes and shaded with gray that gives the fruit 

 a purple hue ; Dots minute and few ; Skin thick. 



Basin wide, wavy or folded ; Eye medium, closed. 



Cavity wide or acute, deep, green or brown; Stem 

 short, rather stout. 



Core small, closed ; Seeds numerous, plump, pale ; Flesh 

 yellow, dry, firm ; Flavor very sweet ; Quality inferior, for 

 the dessert; Use, baking, market, stock, cider; Season 

 from December to March and later, keeping very sound. 



Putnam Sweet. 



Originated near Marietta, Ohio. 



Fruit large, flat, regular ; Surface smooth, mixed, splash- 

 ed and striped deep red ; Dots numerous, large. 



Basin wide, shallow, regular ; Eye small, closed. 



Cavity wide, regular ; Stem short. 



Core roundish, flattened, open, clasping the eye ; Seeds 

 numerous, pointed, pale; Flesh tender; Flavor sweet; 

 quality very good ; Use, kitchen, stock ; Season August, 

 September. 



Richmond. 



Described by F. R. Elliott, author of American Fruit 

 Growers' Guide, and named for our mutual friend, D. C. 

 Richmond, near Sandusky, Ohio, who found it in an old 

 seedling orchard with several other good varieties. The 

 seeds were supposed to have been brought from the old 

 French orchards of Canada. Tree large, vigorous, pro- 

 ductive, and would appear to have been hardy. 



Mr. Elliott says : 



" Fruit large ; Form roundish, occasional specimens have 

 one side a little enlarged; Color light yellow ground, 

 mostly or quite overspread with light and dark red stripes, 

 many dots or specks of light russet ; Stem varying, mostly 

 short, slender ; Cavity deep, open, regular, a little brown- 



