CLASS I. FLAT APPLES. I. II. II. 449 



Core small, round, closed, clasping ; Seeds numerous, 

 plump, dark ; Flesh yellowish, firm, rich, juicy ; Flavor sub- 

 acid, mild ; Quality good ; Use table and market ; Season 

 January to March. 



This variety does not seem to have won its way into 

 public favor to the extent that was expected for it some 

 years ago. 



Peiinock. 



PENNOCK'S BED WINTER ROMANITE BIG ROMANITB. 



This fruit, of Pennsylvania origin, is not introduced 

 into this collection on account of its excellence, but be- 

 cause it is so universally cultivated in nearly all parts of 

 the country. 



Tree vigorous, large, spreading, very productive, bear- 

 ing some fruit every year. 



Fruit large to very large, form variable, but character- 

 istically it is conic-oblate, often unequal, and lop-sided ; 

 Surface greenish-yellow, covered with mixed and striped 

 red ; Dots large, irregular and round, gray. 



Basin wide, rather deep, uneven or wavy; Eye large, 

 open. 



Cavity wide, deep, regular ; Stem short. 



Core irregular, closed, meeting the eye ; Seeds numer- 

 ous, angular, plump ; Flesh yellow, breaking, coarse-grain- 

 ed ; Flavor sub-acid, poor ; third quality ; for cooking and 

 market only ; Season December ; very much disposed to 

 bitter rot. 



Pennsylvania, Vandervere. 



VANDERVERE (Coxe and Downing) LITTLE VANDERVERE GRAY VAN- 



DERVERE STAALCUBS, ETC. 



This old kitchen favorite, of Pennsylvania, has migrated 

 westward until it has reached every State and county on 

 its appropriate parallels of latitude, 39 to 42. 



Mr. Downing gives Delaware as its origin, on the au- 

 thority of Coxe. In accordance with common acceptance 

 in the regions where it is best known, I have adopted the 

 above name, which was given to distinguish it from sev- 

 eral other Vandervwes, and especially from the Newtown 

 Spitzenberg, to which the name Yandervere had been ap- 



