488 DESCRIPTIONS OP APPLES. 



Fruit large, globular-oblate, angular ; Surface smooth, 

 yellow, partially covered with mixed and splashed scarlet ; 

 Dots rare. 



Basin medium, regular; Eye small, closed. 



C.-ivity deep, regular ; Stem short. 



Core regular, globular, or pointed toward the eye, closed, 

 clasping ; Seeds small, pointed ; Flesh yellow, fine grained, 

 breaking, juicy ; Flavor sub-acid, aromatic ; Quality best ; 

 table and kitchen ; Season, August, September. 



Keiser. 



Origin Jefferson County, Ohio^ not widely distributed. 

 Tree thrifty, upright. The following description was 

 made from fruit obtained of- my friend T. S. Humrick- 

 house, of Coshocton. 



Fruit full medium to large, oblate, uneven ; Surface 

 smooth, greenish-yellow, mixed and striped red; Dots 

 scattered, minute. 



Basin wide, deep, folded ; Eye small, closed. 



Cavity acute, deep ; Stem quite short. 



Core very small, regular, closed, clasping ; Seeds numer- 

 ous, short, plump ; Flesh yellow, tender, fine grained, juicy ; 

 Quality good to best ; for table and kitchen ; Season, De- 

 cember to January. 



A first rate southern fruit. Tree thrifty, and very pro- 

 ductive. 



Fruit medium, oblate, slightly conic, angular ; skin yel- 

 lowish, striped and mostly shaded with red, .thickly 

 sprinkled with whitish and bronze dots ; Stem short and 

 small, inserted in a broad cavity surrounded by russet ; 

 Calyx partially closed ; Basin slightly corrugated ; Flesh 

 yellow, very tender, juicy, mild sub acid, excellent, highly 

 prized in Georgia and the South ; October and Novem- 

 ber. Carter of Alabama may prove the same." [C. 

 Downing.] 



Melon. 



Origin East Bloomfield, New York. Tree sufficiently 

 vigorous, spreading, round-headed. 



