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DESCRIPTIONS OF APPLES. 



Fruit medium, roundish-conic, regular ; Surface smooth, 

 pale yellow; Dots numerous, minute, white. 



Basin shallow, regular, folded ; Eye large, closed or open. 



Cavity wide, shallow, regular; Stem long, slender. 



Core rather large, regular, open, meeting the eye ; Seeds 

 numerous, angular; Flesh yellow, fine grained, tender; 

 Flavor very sweet, rich ; Quality very good ; Use, baking 

 and stock ; Season, October to December. 



Shockley. 



Origin Jackson County, Georgia. This long-keeper 

 from the South promises to be an acquisition of value for 



market orchards, 

 unless its small size 

 may make an ob- 

 jection. 



Tree vigorous, 

 very productive. 



Fruit medium to 

 small, conic, trun- 

 cated,regular; Sur- 

 face very smooth, 

 waxen yellow,mar- 

 bled or blushed 

 scarlet and crim- 

 son ; Dots scatter- 

 ed, minute, gray. 



Bas'n shallow, 

 plaited; Eye small, 

 closed. 



Cavity acute, 

 deep, regular; 

 Stem slender, long. 



Core long heart- 



Fig. 141. SHOCKLET. 



shaped, closed, meeting the eye ; Seeds numerous, plump, 

 dark; Flesh yellow, fine grained ; Flavor mildly sub-acid, 

 rich, saccharine, agreeable ; Quality very good ; Use, des- 

 sert ; Season, March to June ; a good keeper. 



Sweet I*eav. 



The origin of this fruit is uncertain ; the specimens were 

 obtained in the orchard of H. P. Kimball, and his father- 



