THE APPLE. 313 



PRESIDENT DE FAY'S DUMONCEAU. 



Origin, Belgium. Tree vigorous and productive. A new variety, of 

 good promise. 



Fruit very large, oblate, broadly ribbed, rich yellow, splashed and 

 marbled with bright red in the sun. Stalk slender. Calyx small, closed. 

 Flesh yellowish white, tender, sugary, acid. November, February. 

 (An. Pom.) 



PRESS. 



Origin, Bucks Co., Pa. Tree upright, vigorous. 



Fruit rather large, oblate. Skin whitish yellow, striped and 

 splashed with red. Flesh juicy, tender, pleasant, mild subacid. Good. 

 March. 



PRESS EWIXG. 



Originated in Christian Co., Ky., and introduced to notice by J. S. 

 Downer. Tree hardy, vigorous, irregular, spreading. Young shoots 

 dark brown, productive. 



Fruit medium, oblate, yellow, shaded and obscurely splashed with 

 crimson, and thickly covered with dots, having a dark centre. Stalk 

 medium, inserted in a broad, deep cavity. Calyx closed, set in an un- 

 even, deep, abrupt basin. Flesh yellowish, firm, juicy, crisp, tender, 

 mild, agreeable subacid. Good to very good. February till April. 



PRIESTLY. 

 Priestley's American. 



Origin, Pennsylvania. Tree vigorous, upright, and productive. 



Fruit large, roundish oblong, smooth, dull red, with small streaks of 

 yellowish green. Flesh white, moderately juicy, with a spicy, agreeable 

 flavor. Hardly good. December to March. 



PRIEST'S SWEET. 

 Blue Sweet. Molasses Sweet. 



Origin, Leominster, Mass. Tree vigorous and very productive. 



Fruit medium, globular inclining to conic, yellow, chiefly covered 

 with dull red stripes and numerous red dots. Stalk short, set in a rather 

 deep cavity. Calyx closed. Basin small. Flesh white, fine, tender, and 

 pleasant, not very juicy, a late keeper. Good. January to May. 



PRIMATE. 



Rough and Ready. Early Tart Harvest. 



Sour Harvest. Zour Bough. 



July Apple. Powers. 



Scott. North American Best. 



The true origin of this delicious amateur's Apple is unknown. It ap- 

 pears to have been long known and grown in various sections of our 

 States under different names. The tree is hardy, a strong and stocky 



