CLASS III. ROUND APPLES. 1. II. II. 



583 



Fruit medium, variable in form, being oblong, round, 

 conic and even oblate, regular or unequal ; Surface smooth, 

 greenish yellow, more or less covered with dull purplish 

 red, marbled, and made up of very short splashes, with 

 distinct stripes aud sploshes of brighter red ; Dots minute. 



Fig. 207. AMERICAN SUMMER PEARMAlN. 



Basin medium, regular ; Eye rather large, nearly closed ; 

 Segments recurved. 



Cavity rather deep, acute, regular ; Stem medium to long. 



Core small, roundish, closed; -Seeds small, pointed; 

 Flesh yellow, exceedingly tender, almost melting, crisp, 

 fine-grained, juicy; Flavor very mild sub-acid, aromatic, 

 deliciously refreshing; Quality best; Use, the dessert; 

 Season, August and September,, 



Fruited by J. H. Crain, Pulaski County, Illinois, on 

 trees nine years old, which produced ten bushels apiece, 

 showing its productiveness. 



