460 



DESCRIPTIONS OF APPLES. 



Core wide, regular, somewhat open, meeting the eye ; 

 seeds plump, short, dark; Flesh very white, fine-grained, 

 tender, breaking ; Flavor sub-acid, aromatic ; Quality good 

 to very good ; Use dessert and market ; Season October to 

 January. 



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Southern ; obtained from S. Westbrooke, Greensboro', 

 North Carolina. 



Fruit medium, flat, regular; Surface pale yellow, mixed 



Fig. 113. SUMMER LIMBERTWIG, 



pink, striped dark red; Dots minute, gray, indented 

 Basin shallow, wide, regular ; Eye wide, open. 

 Cavity acute, regular, brown ; Stem long, inclined. 

 Core wide, regular, close'd, clasping; Axis short; Seeds 

 numerous, plump, dark ; Flesh white, tender, fine-grained, 

 juicy ; Flavor sub-acid, aromatic, agreeable ; Quality very 

 good, if not best ; Use table ; Season August, September. 



Townsend. 



Having been disappointed in my trees obtained for this 

 variety, which proved to be Kawle's Janet, I prefer to 

 quote from Mr. Downing. What I have fruited and de- 

 scribed as the Hocking may prove to be the same. 



