CLASS III. ROUND APPLES. L II. II. 



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Core wide, turbinate, closed, regular, clasping the eye ; 

 Seeds numerous, small, pointed, dark, some imperfect ; 

 Flesh deep yellow, firm, breaking, very fine-grained, juicy; 

 Flavor rich, sub-acid, aromatic, vinous, spicy, very agree- 

 able ; Quality best ; Use, dessert ; Season, December to 

 February. 



Especially adapted to amateur collections. 



Hewes' Cral>. 



From Virginia. A famous cider apple, found in all exten- 

 sive and good cider orchards. Tree of slender growth, but 

 makes a large, spreading top, immensely productive al- 

 ternate years, long lived ; Twigs slender; Foliage sparse. 

 Fruit quite small, round, somewhat flattened, regular ; 

 Surface mixed, striped, purplish red on yellow ; Dots 

 numerous, large, pale or fawn. 

 Basin shallow; Eye small, closed. 

 Cavity deep, regular ; Stem long, red. 

 Core round, regular, open, clasping ; Seeds large, point- 

 ed; Flesh firm, yellow- 

 ish and greenish, juicy; 

 Flavor acid, rich ; the 

 must is very heavy ; 

 Quality best for cider; 

 Season, November to 

 January. Also useful 

 for cooking, except on 

 account of its small 

 size; the rich and piq- 

 uant acid makes it a 

 particularly desirable 

 ingredient in mince- 

 pies. 



In Kentucky there 

 is a variety of this ap 

 pie known as Beeler^s 



Tig. 220. HEWES' CRAB. 



Crab, with fruit of similar characters, but the tree is a 

 better grower. 



