CLASS III. BOUND APPLES. II. II. I. 639 



Fruit large, globular, but variable, being conical-trun- 

 cate to oblate ; Surface smooth, pale waxen yellow, rarely 

 blushed. 



Basin wide, plaited ; Eye small, closed. 



Cavity wide, wavy, brown ; Stem long, inclined, yellow 

 or red, angular. 



Core large, regular, closed, clasping ; Seeds numerous, 

 angular, long ; Flesh pale yellow, breaking, fine-grained, 

 juicy ; Flavor sub-acid, aromatic ; Quality good to best ; 

 Use, market, kitchen, table ; Season, August, September. 



For the table its place is supplanted by the Primate, 

 Dyer and others. 



Dyer, or Pomme Royale. 



POMMBWATER, in Illinois. 



Believed to be a French apple, but named Dyer by the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, in the belief that it 

 was a seedling of Rhode Island. 



Fig. 350. DYER, OR POMME ROYALE. 



Tree of moderate vigor, spreading, not very productive. 



