CLASS III. ROUND APPLES. I. I. II. 559 



Cavity deep, acute, regular ; Stem slender, long. 



Core round, flattened, regular, closed ; Seeds numerous, 

 plump, Ions: ; Flesh yellowish- white, firm, breaking, fine- 

 grained ; Flavor sweet ; Quality good to very good ; Sea- 

 son spring and all summer until September. Keeps sound. 



I So-n I in;; Sweet. 



From Spottsylvania County, Virginia. Tree vigorous, 

 very productive. 



Fruit medium roundish, dull red on yellow ; Flesh rich, 

 juicy, sweet ; Entirely free from acid ; October to Janu- 

 ary. [H. R. Robey, in Downing.] 



Cullasaga. 



Origin Macon County, North Carolina. Good grower ; 

 a standard winter fruit for the South. 



Fruit medium or large, roundish, inclining to oval, flat- 

 tened at base and crown, skin yellowish, mostly shaded 

 and striped with dark crimson, and sprinkled with whitish 

 dots ; Stem small and short, inserted in a deep cavity, 

 surrounded by russet ; Calyx open, set in a shallow, corru- 

 gated basin ; Flesh yellow, tender, juicy, with a very 

 mild, rich, almost saccharine flavor. January to April. 

 [Downing.] 



Oilpin. 



CARTHOUSE LITTLE BED ROMANITE. 



This valuable Virginia apple was cultivated and distri- 

 buted by Coxe, and has found its way into the orchards 

 and into favor all over the country, on account of its pro- 

 ductiveness and early bearing. 



Tree remarkably vigorous, strongly branched, spread- 

 ing, open, round head, very productive ; shoots stout, 

 dark ; foliage rather sparse, somewhat curled and glaucous. 



Fruit medium, small on old trees, round, truncated at 

 the ends, making it look cylindrical, mostly symmetrical, 

 but large specimens often somewhat irregular; Surface 

 very smooth, often polished, deep red all over, stripes in- 

 distinct ; Dots minute, indented. 



