424 DESCRIPTIONS OF APPLES. 



IHomliii. 



This fine fruit originated with the veteran Pomologist 

 of Indiana, Reuben Ragan. 



Fruit very large, oblate, unequal ; Surface rough, green- 

 ish-yellow, splashed and striped with red ; Dots numerous, 

 large, gray. 



Basin abrupt, folded ; Eye small, closed. 



Cavity acute, deep, brown; Stem short, rather slender 

 inclined. 



Core medium or small, regular, closed, clasping thb eye ; 

 Seeds plump, -pointed, brown ; Flesh greenish-yellow, fine- 

 grained, tender, juicy ; Flavor sub-acid ; almost first rate 

 for table and market ; Season October and November. 



Blooming' Oraii*. 



Mr. Waring considers this the handsomest apple. In 

 1839 he brought a large number of sorts from the famous 

 Herefordshire apple orchards of England, of which this is 

 the only one he retains as fully adapted to the mountain 

 region of Pennsylvania. 



Tree a very strong, free, handsome grower, and an im- 

 mense bearer, after six or eight years' growth. 



Fruit very large, fair, beautiful, roundish-oblate, regular ; 

 surface dark, richly clouded with claret and mahogany, on 

 yellow ground ; Eye open ; Flesh crisp, juicy, acid at first, 

 but this merges into a rich, penetrating, very agreeable 

 flavor. 



It is of the Ribston Pippin, or Dutch Mignonne type of 

 fruit. [Mr. G. Waring's MS.] 



Koiiuni. 



MAGNUM BONUM. 



This delicious southern fruit originated in Davidson 

 County, North- Carolina. The tree is vigorous, very pro- 

 ductive and bears early. I received specimens from S. W. 

 Westbrooke, Greensboro', North Carolina. Introduced 

 to the American Pomological Society at the Philadelphia 

 meeting, 1860, by Walter Steele, of Rockingham County, 

 North Carolina, and highly recommended. 



