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DESCRIPTIONS OF APPLES. 



Core medium, regular, closed, just meeting the eye; 

 Axis short ; Seeds plump ; Flesh yellow, fine-grained, very 

 tender and juicy, almost melting, with a rich, aromatic, 



Fig 88. DR. WATSON. 



sub-acid flavor ; Quality best, for table and kitchen, from 

 September to November ; also valuable for stock feeding. 



]>omine. 



Supposed to be a native of this country ; origin un- 

 known. Tree very thrifty, making long, stout, brown 

 shoots, which branch from the ends, and form spurs along 

 their sides, so that the tree has a straggling, open head, and 

 beafis its fruit crowded along the smaller branches. It is 

 hardy, upright, vigorous and productive. Foliage large 

 and long, with a peculiar curl or folding up wards, so as to 

 show the underside of the leaves. 



Fruit large, flat, regular, sometimes unequal ; Surface 

 yellowish-green, nearly covered with mixed red, and striped 

 indistinctly with carmine, often vein-russeted ; Dots scat- 

 tered, yellow and gray, large. 



Basin rather shallow, folded or plaited ; Eye medium to 

 small, closed. 



