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DESCRIPTIONS OF APPLES. 



on the table and wasted. Tree of slender growth, but very 

 productive. 



Fruit quite small, round, somewhat conic, abruptly trun- 

 cated, regular ; Surface smooth, red, mixed and striped ; 

 Dots yellow, prominent. 



Basin wide, shallow, regular ; Eye small, open ; Calyx 

 renexed. 



Cavity wide, not deep, regular, brown ; Stem long. 



Core turbinate, regular, closed, meeting the eye ; Seeds 

 numerous, pointed, long ; Flesh yellow, crisp, fine-grained, 

 juicy ; Flavor sub-acid, rich, aromatic, very agreeable ; 

 Quality best ; Season, November to January. 



Uleacli. 



From Vermont ; Fruit large, roundish, conic ; Skin 

 greenish-yellow, striped and mottled with light red, and 

 sprinkled with brown dots ; Stalk long, rather slender, set 

 in a pretty large cavity ; Calyx closed in a corrugated ba- 

 sin ; Flesh yellowish, rather fine, juicy, rich, mild, sub- 

 acid, aromatic ; October and November. [Downing.] 



Fig. 226. M'KINLEY. 

 McKinley. 



Highly esteemed by Reuben Ragan, of Indiana, who 

 finds it profitable. 



