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Fruit of medium size, very regularly shaped, and a little narrower to- 

 wards the eye. Skin smooth, with a delicate waxen appearance, pale 

 lemon yellow in the shade, with a brilliant crimson cheek next the sun, 

 the two colors often joining in brilliant red. Stalk short, planted in a 

 rather wide deep hollow. Basin moderately depressed. Calyx closed. 

 Flesh white, tender, sprightly, pleasant subacid. Good. 



MAIDEN'S FAVOKITE. 



Maiden's Apple. 



Origin, farm of J. G. Sickles, Stuyvesant, N. Y. Its delicacy and 

 beauty will make it desirable for the amateur. Tree of ra,ther slow 

 growth, upright slender branches, an annual and good bearer. Young 

 shoots smooth, clear reddish brown. 



Fruit medium or below, roundish, sometimes slightly conic, gene- 

 rally cylindric, but often very obscurely ribbed, whitish or pale 

 waxen yellow, shaded and sometimes slightly mottled with crimson, and 

 sparsely sprinkled with minute dots. Stalk short, small, surrounded by 

 thin russet, in a deep, uniform cavity. Calyx firmly closed. Basin 

 slightly corrugated, deep, open. Flesh whitish, tender, crisp, with a 

 pleasant, very delicate, vinous subacid. Good to very good. Core 

 small. October to January. 



MAJOR. 



Originated with Major Samuel McMahon, Northumberland Co., 

 Pa. This is a showy market Apple of really excellent quality. The 

 tree is a rapid and vigorous grower, with rather irregular, upright, 

 spreading shoots, reddish brown, slightly grayish. 



Fruit large. Form roundish, often oblate, slightly inclining to conic. 

 Sides sometimes unequal. Color greenish, shaded and rather obscurely 

 striped and splashed with deep red, many light russet gray dots. Stalk 

 short. Cavity deep. Calyx large, with stiff, short segments. Basin large, 

 broad, and furrowed. Flesh yellowish, rather firm, crisp, juicy, rich 

 subacid. Core small. Very good. November to April. 



MALA CARLE. 



Pomme Finale. Charles Apple. 



Mela di Carlo. Mela Carla. 



Pomme de Charles. 



The Male Carle is the most celebrated of all Apples in Italy and the 

 South of Europe, whence it comes. Here or in New England it does 

 not always attain perfection, but south of New York it becomes beauti- 

 ful and fine, as it needs a warm and dry soil. 



Fruit of medium size, very regularly shaped, a little narrow to- 

 wards the eye. Skin smooth, with a delicate waxen appearance, pale 

 lemon yellow in the shade, with a brilliant crimson cheek next the sun, 

 the two colors often joining in strong contrast. Flesh white, not very 

 juicy, but tender, and with a delicate, slightly rose-perfumed flavor. 

 Good. September to January. 



MAMMA. 



A Southern Apple of unknown origin. Tree a very thrifty, compact 

 grower. Young wood reddish. 



