468 DESCRIPTIONS OF APPLES. 



er ; limbs long and parallel while young ; shoots dark, 

 stout ; foliage large, broad, rather pale. 



Fruit large, often very large, globular-oblate, somewhat 

 conic, regular ; Surface smooth, often polished, yellow, al- 

 most wholly obscured with marbled dull red, and darker 

 stripes that are often lost in the depth of tint ; Dots gen- 

 erally small, indented ; often a slight bloom covers the 

 fruit, but it is easily removed, when the skin appears to be 

 polished. 



Basin deep, abrupt, narrow, often wavy or even ribbed; 

 Eye medium, closed. 



Cavity deep, wide, green, wavy or regular ; Stem me 

 dium. 



Core regular, closed, meeting, not clasping the eye 

 axis is sometimes very short ; Seeds large, plump ; Flesh 

 greenish-white, tender, almost melting, juicy ; Flavor mild 

 sub-acid, agreeable ; Quality good to very good ; Use des- 

 sert, kitchen and drying ; Season October to January. 



Yost. 



Having been disappointed in receiving this apple, I give 

 Dr. W. D. Brinckle's ad interim report : 



Fruit rather large, roundish-oblate, beautifully striped, 

 and delicately mottled with crimson on yellow ground; 

 Stem short; Cavity wide, deep; Flesh yellow, tender, 

 juicy ; Flavor pleasant ; Quality very good. 



CLASS I. FLAT APPLES. 

 ORDER I REGULAR. 



SECTION 2. SOUR. 

 SUB-SECTION 3. RUSSET. 



Perry Russet. 



This variety is grown to some extent in the North-west. 

 The specimen from which the description is made, was ex- 

 hibited by Mr. Utters, at a meeting of the North-western 

 Fruit Growers, in 1850. 



