400 DESCRIPTIONS OF APPLES. 



CLASS I. FLAT APPLES. 

 ORDER L REGULAR. 



SECTION 2. SOUR. 



SUB-SECTION 1. SELF-COLORED. 



Better Than Good. 



JUICY BITE. 



Like our standard authority, I am obliged to quote from 

 the American Pomological Society's Transactions. Origin 

 uncertain, (Elliott says from Pennsylvania) ; Tree thrifty, 

 rather slender, very productive. 



Fruit medium, oblate ; Skin pale yellow, with a few 

 brown dots. 



Basin large and open ; Calyx closed. 



Cavity broad ; Stem short. 



Flesh yellowish, very tender, juicy; Flavor mild, 

 pleasant, sub-acid ; November to January. 



This apple was brought into notice by Lewis Sanders, 

 that veteran agriculturist of Kentucky, who was equally 



Fig. 67. BOHANON. 



