DESCRIPTIONS OF APPLES. 

 Wilson [Of Michigan.] 



Fruit large, round, slightly conic, regular; Surface 

 smooth, golden yellow ; Dots scattered, dark. 



Basin small, folded; Eye long, closed. 



Cavity wide, very deep, wavy, green ; Stem medium or 

 short, crooked. 



Core small, globular, open, clasping; Axis short; Seeds 

 numerous, plump, short; Flesh very yellow, breaking, 

 fine-grained, juicy; Flavor sub-acid, * rich ; Quality best; 

 Use, the dessert ; Season, January and February. 



Yellow Ing-estrie. 



This old English variety has been propagated pretty 

 extensively in the Northwest, and though too small for a 

 profitable market fruit, it has been lound desirable on ac- 

 count of its early and abundant productiveness. 



Fruit small, globular, truncated, regular ; Surface 

 smooth^ lemon yellow ; Dots minute. 



Basin wide, shallow, folded ; Eye medium, open ; Seg- 

 ments reflexed. 



Cavity acute, brown ; Stem long, slender. 



Core medium, oval, regular, closed, clasping ; Seeds few, 

 large, pale ; Flesh whitish yellow, breaking, juicy ; Fla- 

 vor sub-acid ; Quality barely good ; Use, cooking ; Season, 

 September, October. 



CLASS III. ROUND APPLES. 

 ORDER I. REGULAR. 



SECTION II.-*SOUR. 



SUB-SECTION IL STRIPED. 



American Summer Pearmain. 



This delicious apple is supposed to be of American 

 origin. It is essentially a fruit for the amateur ; being of 

 slender and slow growth in the nursery, it is not a favorite 

 with the propagators, and though making a large and pro- 

 ductive tree in the orchard, it is not profitable as a market 

 variety. 



