482 DESCRIPTIONS OP APPLES. 



Fall Harvey. 



Origin Essex County, Massachusetts. Specimen from 

 Zanesville, Ohio. 



Fruit large, oblate, irregular ; Surface smooth, yellow 

 or pale yellow ; Dots minute, gray, distinct. 



Basin wide, regular, leather-craked; Eye medium, closed. 



Cavity wide, wavy, green ; Stem long to medium. 



Core wide or globular, regular, closed, not meeting the 

 eye; Seeds medium, pointed and defective; Flesh yellow, 

 breaking ; Flavor rich, acid * Quality only good, but valu- 

 able for the kitchen j Season, October. 



Garretson's Early. 



Origin supposed to be New Jersey. Tree vigorous ; 

 an early and abundant bearer. 



Fruit medium, globular-oblate, somewhat angular ; Sur- 

 face smooth, pale yellow ; Dots whitish. 



Basin small, abrupt, furrowed ; Eye small, closed. 



Cavity shallow; Stem short, inclined. 



Flesh white, breaking, tender, juicy ; Flavor pleasant 

 sub-acid ; Quality good ; Use, table ; Season, July and 

 August. 



Harris. 



This variety was received from North Carolina, and 

 fruited for the first time in the North during 1866. It 

 was first described and figured, among other new apples, 

 in the Horticultural Annual for 1867. In the South it is 

 considered a summer and fall variety, being in season from 

 August, and continuing for a long time. For speci- 

 mens, I am indebted to Doctor E. Taylor, of Cleveland, 

 Ohio. 



Fruit medium to large, oblate, angular ; Surface smooth, 

 yellow, faintly blushed; Dots scattered, minute, with rosy 

 spots. 



Basin deep, abrupt, folded ; Eye medium, rather open. 



Cavity deep, wavy, clear yellow ; Stem medium to long. 



Core small, open, meeting the eye ; Axis very short ; 

 Seeds numerous, angular; Flesh light yellow, breaking, 

 fine-grained, juicy; Flavor acid to sub-acid, spicy, agree-^ 



