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DESCRIPTIONS OF APPLES. 



Cavity acute, sometimes lipped, wavy ; Stem long, slen- 

 der. 



Core small, oval, regular, closed, just meeting the eye; 

 Seeds small, very light colored ; Flesh greenish-yellow, 

 breaking, fine grained, tender, juicy ; Flavor sub-acid, rich, 

 aromatic, ; Quality nearly first rate ; Use dessert ; Season 

 December and January, but is said to keep until May in 

 New York. 



White Winter Pesirmsiiii. 



This favorite fruit was brought to Indiana by some of 

 the early pomologists, in the daya of saddle-bag transpor- 



Fig. 150. WHITE WINTER PEARMAIN. 



tation. In a lot of grafts, two varieties, having lost their 

 labels, were propagated and fruited without name. -Being 

 considered Pearmnin-shaped, they were called respectively 

 Red and White Winter Pearmains. The former proved 

 to be the Esopus Spitzenberg ; the latter has never yet been 

 identified, though believed to be an old eastern variety. 

 Mr. Downing suggests that it may be Winter Harvey, a 



