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DESCRIPTIONS OF APPLES. 



Fruit small to medium, round, regular ; Surface smooth, 

 white, blushed and striped bright carmine ; Dots scatter- 

 ed, minute. 



Basin very shallow, plaited ; Eye small, closed. 



Cavity deep, acute, wavy ; Stem medium. 



Core indistinct, slightly open ; Seeds numerous, plump, 



Fig. 235. SYLVESTER. 



angular, long ; Flesh white, tender, fine grained, juicy; 

 Flavor sub-acid ; Quality very good ; Use, table and cook- 

 ing ; Season, September. 



Willi 



' Favorite. 



WILLIAMS' EARLY. 



Origin Roxbury, Massachusetts. 



Fruit small to medium, round, regular ; Surface smooth, 

 dark purplish red, indistinctly striped ; Dots none. 



Basin abrupt, folded ; Eye medium, closed. 



Cavity wide, shallow ; Stem long, slender. 



Core large, round, closed ; Seeds pointed, brown ; Flesh 

 whitish-yellow, streaked red, breaking, not juicy ; Flavor 

 sub-acid, peculiar ; Quality scarcely good ; Season, July 

 and August. 



