THE CANADIAN HOUT-ICULTUUIST. IG.'l 



Wate's Blush, is of medium size and very beautiful appearance ; 

 form roundish, flattened at the ends; color bright yellow, with a ricli, 

 almost scarlet cheek on the sunny side, stem short and very slender, 

 inserted in a deep, regular cavity ; calyx closed, in a very shallow, 

 wrinkled basin. Flesh yellow, very fine grained, juicy, sprightly sub- 

 ncid. 



Waupaca. — A most magnificent looking apple, of very large size, 

 conical in form, skin yellow and sliglitly russeted, nearly covered with 

 bright red, and profusely sprinkled with russet dots. Stem very short, 

 stout, and set in a broad deep russeted cavity. Calyx open, segments 

 upright, basin deep, almost perpendicular, regular, and moderately 

 corrugated near the l^ottom. The whole appearance reminds one 

 strongly of the Blenheim Orange. Flesh yellowish white, not fine 

 grained, with a rich, pleasant, mild sub-acid flavor. Core remarkably 

 small. Season is probably not beyond November. 



liuBBAUi).— Tnis variety is of medium size, somewhat conical in 

 form; skin yellow, overspread with red on the sunny side, sprinkled 

 with numerous small gray dots. Stem slender, medium length, set in 

 a deep regular cavity. Calyx nearly closed, segments erect, basin 

 shallow and regular. Flesh yellowish, very line grained, juicy, rich, 

 sub-acid, quality very good. Seems to be a good winter sort. 



Weyauwega. — A very handsome, large, regularly formed apple. 

 Skin yellow overspread with red, striped and splashed with deep red. 

 Stem short, inserted in a narrow, regular, moderately deep cavity; 

 calyx closed in a broad shallow regular basin. Core small, flesh white, 

 very fine grained," juicy, with a pleasant mild sub-acid tiavor. This is 

 a good keeper. 



Eich's Greening is large, nearly conical in outline ; skin at this 

 date (1st November,) a clear bright deep green ; stem stout and short, 

 inserted in a narrow, regular, not very deep cavity; 'eye closed, in a 

 very shallow, sliglitly wrinkled basin. Flesh very fine grained, yel- 

 lowish, juicy, rich sub-acid. This vaiiety is evidently a long keeper, 

 and it is not possible to say what will 1)0 its flavor at maturity. 



Edith A is also large and very pretty in a})pearance. Skin light, 

 yellow with a warm rosy cheek, thickly sprinkled with light gray dots. 

 Stem inserted in deep, regular cavity ; eye closed, basin shallow, regu- 

 lar and smooth. Flesh w]iit(\ line grained, juicy, mild sub-acid, not 

 hish flavored. 



