CLASS I. - FLAT APPLES. - 1. II. II. 445 



Spilzenberg. [COXE.] 



VANDERVERE, OF NEW YOKE. (Downing) OX-EYE JOE BERRY, ETC. 



Origin, Newtown, Long Island. 



Tree sufficiently vigorous, not of the largest size, spread- 

 ing, compact, round head, foliage rather small, curled, 

 showing the whitish underside. Productive. 



Fruit medium to large, regular, globular-oblate, often 

 inclined or lop-sided when overgrown in young orchards, 

 apt to be scabby and defective on old trees, and falls badly ; 

 Surface smooth, deep red, mixed and striped, on rich yel- 

 low ground, often over-spread with whitish, giving the 

 fruit a gray appearance ; Dots numerous, minute, fawn 

 color on dark specimens. 



Basin medium, regular; Eye small, closed. 



Cavity regular, medium, brown ; Stem short. 



Core regular, wide, somewhat open, meeting and some- 

 times clasping the eye ; Seeds numerous, angular ; Flesh 

 rich, yellow, very fine-grained, very tender, juicy ; Flavor 

 rich sub-acid and saccharine, aromatic, eminently satisfy- 

 ing ; Quality best, for table and kitchen, in December. 



Nickajack. 



SUMMEROUR JACKSON BED BIG HILL CAROLINA, AND MANY OTHERS.* 



This southern apple, which has extended more widely 

 northward than most of its congeners, is believed to be a 

 native of Macon County, Georgia. 



Tree robust, spreading, large, very productive, young 

 shoots stout and red. 



The following description is that of a specimen sent by 

 my friend, R. Peters, of Atlanta, Georgia, but it corres- 

 ponds in all important particulars with those of fruits ob- 

 tained from a dozen different sources in our own latitude : 



Fruit large, globular-oblate, regular, not handsome ; sur- 

 face even but not smooth, mostly covered with mixed 

 brick-dust red, striped indistinctly with dark red, some 

 stripes very distinct ; dots scattered, yellow. 



Basin shallow, regular, even ; eye small, closed. 



*Vide Horticultuript for 1861 p. 40. 



