APPLES. 



31S 



w^ts ri^ • ■?'^^\V^ ^?^" '' y^"°^ striped, splashed and marbled 

 with red; cavity rather deep; stem medium, basin narrow, regular ■ 

 flesh yellowish fine-grained, juicy, very spicy, mild sub-acid with 

 a decided pear flavor. Early autumn. Fig. 393. Russian. 



Section II.— Not Striped. 



^*''/y Spice. Fruit medium, roundish-conic; light yellow with 

 a faint blush ; stalk large, deeply set ; calyx closed, basin moder- 

 ate; flesh fine-grained, tender, spicy, rich, sub-acid. Mid-autumn. 

 Origin, Plattsburgh, N. Y. 



Bellerdovskoe. Large, round, regular, smooth; greenish yellow 

 bronzed in the sun ; cavity regular, acute ; stem short, basin wide 

 shallow; flesh white, juicy, sub-acid, good. Early autumn 

 Fig. 396. Russian. 



Fig. 393.— Winter Pear. Fig. 394.— Raspberry, 



Fig. 395. 

 Blushed Calville. 



Fig. 396. 

 Belle rdovskoe. 



Fig. 397. 

 Liveland Raspberry. 



Bietigheimer. (Red Bietigheimer.) Very large, round, oblate; 

 dark yellow, covered with purplish crimson ; flesh firm, sub-acid, 

 good. Tree a vigorous grower and free bearer, hardy. German. 



Blushed Calville. Medium, roundish oblate; yellow, blushed on 

 side ; cavity large, oblique ; basin narrow, corrugated ; flesh red- 

 dish white, fine-grained, sub-acid, quality good. Season August, 

 following Yellow Transparent. Fig. 395. Russian. 



Capron's Pleasant. Rather large, roundish-oblate ; greenish yellow ; 

 stem rather stout ; calyx large ; cavity and basin medium ; flesh yel- 

 low, tender, mild, sub-acid, agreeable. September and October. 



Cracking. Large, roundish ; light yellow, with a tinge of red in the 

 sun ; stalk slender, in a deep, narrow, acuminate cavity ; basin deep 

 and narrow ; flesh a little coarse, yellow, with a pleasant breaking 

 texture, and a good sub-acid flavor. Valuable at the West. Ohio. 



