134 THE APPLE. 



there. Tree thrifty and productive, a late keeper. Fruit 

 above medium, oblong, or conic, angular, skin yellow sprink- 

 led, shaded, and splashed with crimson. Stem shoi-t, in a mo- 

 derate cavity. Calyx large, closed, basin shallow, uneven. Flesh 

 yellowish. Juicy, tender, slightly aromatic, agreeably sub-acid. 

 January to April. 



Detroit Black. 



Crimson Pippin. Grand Sachem. 



A showy, large, dark, blood-red fruit, but rather coarse, and 

 scarcely worth cultivation. Fruit very large, roundish, distinctly 

 ribbed, and irregular in its outline. Stalk short and strong, and 

 calyx set in a well marked basin. Skin smooth, deep, dingy 

 red, over the whole surface. Flesh white, rather dry, and with- 

 out much flavour. September. 



Detroit Ked. 



Detroit. Black apple of some. Large black. 



This fruit, commonly known in Western New- York and 

 Michigan as the Detroit, is supposed to have been brought to 

 the neighbourhood of Detroit by early French settlers, and 

 thence disseminated. 



Fruit of medium or rather large size, roundish, somewhat 

 conical. Stalk three-fourths of an inch long, planted in a deep 

 cavity. Skin pretty thick, smooth, and glossy, bright crimson 

 at first, but becoming dark blackish purple at maturity, some- 

 what dotted and marbled with specks of fawn colour on the 

 sunny side. Calyx closed, set in a shallow plaited basin. Flesh 

 white, (sometimes stained with red to the core in exposed spe- 

 cimens,) crisp, juicy, of agreeable, sprightly, sub-acid flavour. 

 October to February. 



Devonshire Quarrenden. Thorn. P. Mag. Fors. 



Red Quarrenden. — Lind. Sack Apple. 



An English fruit, scarcely of medium size, roundish, flattened, 

 and slightly narrowed at the eye. Skin rich deep crimson, 

 with lighter crimson, sprinkled with numerous green dots. 

 Flesh nearly white, crisp, juicy, with a pleasant sub-acid flavour. 

 Ripe during all August and September. 



Dillingham. 



Raised by D. C. Richmond, of Sandusky, Ohio. Tree mo- 

 derately vigorous, productive, and particularly excellent for 

 baking. 



Fruit, medium, roundish, inclining to conic. Skin greenish- 



