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THE APPLE. 



chusetts, but is not now much planted on account of its sma.l size 

 and poor fruit ; succeeds well in western New York, Ohio, and 

 Michigan. Tree thrifty, but of slender growth ; very productive. 

 Fruit medium, oblate, inclining to conic, slightly angular. Skin 

 yellow, mostly shaded with deep red or crimson; somewhat 

 striped or splashed on the sunny side, and thickly sprinkled with 

 grey, and sometimes greenish dots. Stalk short, inserted in a 

 broad, deep cavity. Calyx closed, segments long, in a small, 

 narrow, somewhat irregular basin. Flesh white, tender, crisp, 

 abounding with a brisk, refreshing juice, and retaining its fine, 

 delicate flavour to the last. January to May. 



Bed Asirachan. 



Red Astrachan. Thomp. Lind. 



A fruit of extraordinary beauty, first imported into England 

 with the White Astrachan, from Sweden, in 1816. It bears 

 abundantly with us, and its singular richness of colour is height- 

 ened by an exquisite bloom on the surface of the fruit, like that 

 of a plum. It is one of the handsomest dessert fruits, and its 

 quality is good, but if not taken from the tree as soon as ripe 

 it is liable to become mealy. Ripens from the last of July to 

 the middle of August. 



Fruit pretty large, rather above the middle size, and very 

 smooth and fair, roundish, a little narrowed towards the eye. 

 Skin almost entirely covered with deep crimson, with sometimes 

 a little greenish yellow in the shade, and occasionally a little 

 russet near the stalk, and covered with a pale white bloom. 



