APPLES. 311 



deep ; flesh yellowish white, remarkably tender and juicy ; flavor 

 very pleasant. Ripens first of autumn. Fig. 390. Origin, West- 

 Chester, Pa. Hardy far north. 



Jewett's Red. (Jewett's Fine Red, Nodhead.) Medium or rather 

 large, roundish, slightly oblate ; striped red on yellow or slightly 

 greenish yellow ground, with conspicuous white dots ; stem 

 nearly an inch long ; cavity acuminate ; basin rather shallow ; 

 flesh remarkably tender, fine grained, mild sub-acid, slightly 

 aromatic. Mid-autumn into winter. Cultivated in the northern 

 parts of New England. Hardy at the West. New Hampshire. 



Fig. 386 Late Strawberry. FiG. 388.— Fameuse. 



FIG. 387.-01denburff. FIG. 385.-Twenty Ounce. FIG. 389. -Melon, 



Kane fCane Cain.) Size medium, roundish-oblate often ob- 

 scurely conical, regular; surface fair and beautiful, highly pol- 

 'sheTind?stinctly striped with brilliant light cnmson, gradually 

 merging into delicate blush color on the shaded part ; stalk often 

 verv short- cavity acute, narrow; basin regular; flesh yellow- 

 ish white. wHhaVasant, good flavor. Hardly of the highest 

 qualTty! but much^admired for its beauty. Late autumn. A 

 native of Kent County, Delaware. 



Late Strawberry.* (Strawberry, Autumn Strawberry.) Size me- 



ceeds well in the West. New York. 



