CLASS L FLAT APPLES. 1. II. II. 467 



Fruit large, globular-oblate, flattened or truncate, regu- 

 lar, occasionally unequal and lop-sided ; Surface smooth, 

 yellow, more or less covered with mixed- and broken stripes 

 of red, splashed with crimson ; Dots scattered, large, 

 gray. 



Basin rather shallow, wide, abrupt ; Eye small, closed, 

 or open from breaking of the calyx. 



Cavity acute, regular, brown ; Stem short, thick. 



Core medium, regular, closed ; Seeds numerous, large, 

 angular ; Flesh yellow, firm, breaking, juicy ; Flavor acid 

 to sub-acid, rich ; Quality good, for market and kitchen ; 

 Season, November and December. 



Fig. 117. WINTER QUEEN. 



Winter Queen. [Coxe.] 



FALL QUEEN KENTUCKY QUEEN ROBERTSON'S SUPERB (of Ga.) 



This is a favorite, of southern origin, and has many syn- 

 onims. An excellent apple for drying, for family use and 

 for market. Tree thrifty, upright, productive, early bear- 



