580 DESCRIPTIONS OF APPLES. 



numerous, plump ; Flesh yellowish white, fine-grained, 

 juicy ; Flavor mild sub-acid, rich ; Quality good to very 

 good ; Use, table ; Season, December, January. 



Royal Pearmain. 



We have two different apples bearing this name, both 

 very promising and desirable sorts. I shall, in this place, 

 attempt to describe the one mentioned by Coxe, as my 

 specimens are traced back to his nursery, though coming 

 to the West by way of Georgia. 



Fruit full medium to large, globular, rather flattened, 

 regular; Surface not smooth, of a rich yellow, finely 

 blushed, with carmine more or less diffused over the fruit, 

 and overspread with a very thin russet; Dots medium, 

 prominent, brown. 



Basin medium, folded ; Eye medium, closed. 



Cavity acute, brown ; Stem medium to long. 



Flesh rich yellow, firm, juicy; Flavor acid, sprightly; 

 Quality very good ; Use, table ; Season, October to Feb- 

 ruary. 



Virginia Quaker. 



This very fine little apple was obtained from H. N. 

 Gillett, Lawrence County, Ohio. Origin not known. 



Fruit quite small, globular, flattened, slightly conic, 

 regular ; Surface smooth, greenish yellow ; Dots scattered, 

 minute, black. 



Basin shallow, plaited ; Eye small, closed. 



Cavity wide; Stem medium. 



Core ovate, closed ; Seeds medium ; Flesh yellowish 

 white, firm, breaking; Flavor sub-acid; Quality good, 

 Mr. Gillett says, best ; Season, mid-summer. 



Voss' Winter. 



Southern. The specimens were obtained from Mr. 

 Westbrooke, of North Carolina. 



Fruit medium to large, globular, unequal ; Surface 

 smooth, white/ with leather-cracking, and a heavy bloom ; 

 Dots minute, irregular, brown. 



Basin abrupt, deep, wavy ; Eye small, closed. 



