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Canyiahan'' s Favorite. — Size., large, two and a half inches 

 long and three and a half inches in diameter; Form, 

 roundish, sUghtiy flattened, somewhat angular, large at the 

 base and tapering towards the eye ; Skin, bright yellow, 

 thiuly covered with irregular stripes of bright red, thickest 

 and brightest on the sunny side, with a few greenish russet 

 freckles ; Eye, large, open, and deeply sunk in a ribbed 

 and angular cavity; segments of the calyx long; Slem, 

 medium length, about one inch and deeply inserted in a 

 broad, open, regular cavity; Flesh, yellowish white, fine, 

 lender, and juicy; i^/at'o;-, pleasant, agreeable and good; 

 Core, medium size, close ; Seeds, medium size, brown. 

 Ripe, December to February. 



In regard to the Detroit apple, there is some doubt as re- 

 spects its being a new fruit ; specimens received by the 

 Cincinnati Horticultural Society, from our correspondent 

 the Rev. Mr. Ik^echer, of Indianapolis, as the true Bell- 

 flower, have bien pronounced by the committee on fruits 

 as identical with the Detroit ; leaving the question to be 

 decided fiereafter we add a description of the variety, which 

 may be compared with the descriptions of the Bellflower 

 by Coxe and others. 



Detoiti?) — Size, large, three and a half inches long and 

 three and a half inches in diameter ; Form, conical, largest 

 above the middle, and rounding ofl" at the eye and stem ; 

 Skin, smooth, bright yellow, with a faint tinge of blush on 

 the sunny side, freckled around the stem with greenish 

 russet; Eye. medium size, closed, and moderately depressed 

 in a contracted cavity ; segments of the calyx short ; Stem, 

 short, about three quarters of an inch, slender, brown, and 

 deeply sunk in a narrow cavity; Flesh, yellowish, fine, 

 tender and very juicy ; Flavor, rich, subacid, brisk and ex- 

 cellent ; Core, very large and open ; Seeds, small, roundish. 

 Ripe, November to March. 



The apples of the west are so large and fair, that the 

 same variety assumes quite a different appearance in our 

 climate. In deciding synonyms, this must be taken into 

 consideration ; allowance must be made for location, soil 

 and climate, or gross errors will be likely to be committed. 

 We shall have occasion to refer to the Detroit and other 

 western apples at another time. 



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