414 DESCRIPTIONS OF APPLES. 



Basin abrupt, regular, rather deep ; Eye quite small, 

 closed. 



Cavity, deep, wavy, brown; Stem short to medium. 

 Core irregular, closed, scarcely clasping the eye ; Seeds 



Fig. 78. PICKARD'S RESERVE. 



numerous, angular, dark brown ; Flesh whitish-yellow, fine 

 grained, tender, juicy, with a sub-acid, aromatic flavor, 

 making this a fruit of first quality for table or kitchen use ; 

 Season December and January. 



Rhode Island Greening-. 



From its name this apple would appear, like the Peck's 

 Pleasant, to have come from the sea-girt State. It is a 

 universal favorite, and is found "to succeed well in a great 

 many situations ; but there are some portions of the West 

 where it has failed to give satisfaction, being slow to come 

 into bearing, becoming an autumn instead of a winter fruit, 

 and falling badly from the trees before picking time. In 

 sandstone soils, however, even in Southern Indiana and Il- 

 linois, it does better than on the limestone clays ; the fruit 



