CLASS III. BOUND APPLES. 1. II. II. 601 



Cavity wide, regular, brown ; Stem medium or short. 



Core large, heart-shaped, regular, sometimes partially 

 open, clasping the eye ; Seeds few, pointed ; Flesh yel- 

 low, breaking, fine grained, juicy; Flavor acid, sub-acid, 

 rich ; Quality very good ; Use, cooking early, table when 

 perfectly ripe ; Season, November, December. 



Krowser. 



Origin Berks County, Pennsylvania, where I found it 

 very popular as a productive winter apple for all purposes. 

 Tree vigorous, healthy, large, spreading, and very produc- 

 tive. 



Fruit medium to large, round, slightly conic, regular; 

 Surface rather smooth, pale yellow, nearly covered with 

 red, and splashed carmine. 



Basin small, folded ; Eye medium, closed. 



Cavity medium ; Stem short to medium. 



Flesh whitish, tender, juicy ; Flavor mild sub-acid, rich, 

 agreeable ; Use, a good market fruit ; Season, December 

 to March. 



I,.arg;e Striped Pearmain. 



This choice Western apple is supposed to have originat- 

 ed in Kentucky possibly further South. It is now to be 

 found in Eastern Ohio, Southern Indiana and Illinois, and 

 in Missouri. Much grown in Kentucky. In all places it 

 seems to be doing well, and giving entire satisfaction, ex- 

 cepting that the bark bursts near the ground even in bear- 

 ing trees, root-grafted. 



Tree vigorous, thrifty, spreading, productive; Shoots 

 rather slender, dark ; Foliage dark green, abundant on 

 young trees. 



Fruit large, round, flattened, regular, fair, handsome, 

 though not so beautifully colored as some others ; Surface 

 smooth, mixed, splashed and striped, pale purplish red on 

 yellow, which shows through the shading ; Dots minute, 

 indented, gray, so that the fruit has a general gray appear- 

 ance. 



Basin medium^ regular, sometimes cracked ; Eye small, 

 closed. 



Cavity wide, wavy, rather deep,. brown; Stem short, 

 medium, or rather long. 

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