142 THE APPLE. 



DARLINGTON. 



Darlington Russet. 



Native of Northern Ohio. 



Fruit medium, roundish, smooth russet. Flesh white. Hardly very 

 good. January to June. (Elliott.) 



DARLING PIPPIN. 



An old English sort, described in 1665. 



Fruit medium, oblate conical, lemon yellow, small pearly specks. Flesh 

 yellowish, firm, juicy pleasant subacid. November to January. (Lind.) 



DARTMOUTH SWEET. 



An old Massachusetts variety. 



Fruit medium, oblate, yellow, sprinkled with brown dots. Flesh yel- 

 lowish, moderately juicy, tender, sweet. Good. October. 



DAVIS. 



Origin, Plymouth, Wayne Co., Mich., on the farm of Jehiel Davis. 

 Tree vigorous, upright, bears annually. 



Fruit small, roundish, flattened at base and crown, yellowish, shaded, 

 and obscurely striped with crimson, russeted at the crown, and sprinkled 

 with gray dots. Flesh whitish, fine-grained, compact, juicy, crisp, 

 sprightly, subacid. Good. April, May. 



DAVIS'S SWEET. 



Origin said to be Monroe Co., O. Tree vigorous, productive. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate, sometimes rather conical, regular. 

 Color yellow, shaded with mixed red, splashed crimson, numerous large 

 gray or fawn-color dots. Skin not smooth, thick. Stem long, slender. 

 Cavity acute, regular. Calyx medium, closed. Basin small, abrupt, 

 russeted. Flesh yellow, fine-grained, rather sweet. Core medium. 

 Quality good. April to July. (A. Pom. S.) 



DAWSON'S CLUSTER. 



From Clark Co., O. 



Fruit medium, oblong, truncate, pale yellow, blushed lightly with 

 brown. Flesh yellowish white, tender, juicy, subacid. Good. Novem- 

 ber. (Warder.) 



DAY. 



Royal Pippin. 



A native of Kentucky. 



Fruit large, round, somewhat conic, yellow striped, splashed, and 

 mottled with bright red. Flesh white, firm, breaking, subacid. Poor. 

 January. Kitchen use. 



DAYTON. 



Haley. 



From Maine. 



Fruit medium, roundish conic, whitish yellow, marbled and striped 

 with red. Flesh juicy, tender, subacid. Good. Core large. December. 



