APPLES. VI 



APPLES. 



[In arranging the apples, we have tliought best to reject the 

 classes according to the season, and adopt the principle of the 

 system recommended by the late A. J. Downing ; but instead 

 of using the terms " best," " very good," and " good," we have 

 designated the qualities as first, second, and third, answering to 

 the above.] 



CLASS L 



This section comprises those that are well known, of excellent 

 quality, and good habit generally. 



American Summer Pearmain. Thomp. 



Early Summer Pearmain. Coxe. 



A rich, highly-flavoured fruit, much esteemed in New Jersey, 

 where it is most known. It appears to be quite different from 

 the Summer Pearmain (of the English), and is probably a seed- 

 ling raised from it. It ripens gradually from the tenth of Au- 

 gust to the last of September. 



Fruit of medium size, oblong, widest at the crown, and taper- 

 ing slightly to the eye. Skin, red spotted with yellow in the 

 shade, but streaked w^ith livelier red and yellow on the sunny 

 side. Stalk three fourths of an inch long, and pretty deeply 

 inserted. Eye deeply sunk. Flesh yellow, remarkably tender, 

 with a rich and pleasant flavour, and often bursts in falling from 

 the tree. This is a valuable apple for all purposes, and it thrives 

 admirably on sandy soils. In the nursery the tree grows slowly. 



Autumn Sweet Bough. 



Late Bough. Sweet Bellflower. 

 Pall Bough. Philadelphia Sweet. 



Origin unknown. Tree, vigorous, upright, very productive. 

 One of the very best dessert sweet apples of its season. Fruit, 

 medium, conical, angular. Skin, smooth, pale yellow, sprinkled 

 with a few brown dots. Stalk of medium length, rather slender, 

 inserted in a deep narrow cavity ; calyx closed ; segments long ; 

 basin deep, corrugated ; flesh white, very tender, with a sweet, 

 refreshing, vinous flavour. Last of August to first of October. 



Baldwin. Ken. Thomp. Man. 

 Woodpecker. Pecker. Steel's Red Winter. 

 The Baldwin stands at the head of all New England apples, 

 and is unquestionably a first-rate fruit in all respects. It is a 



