34^ APPLES. 



Western Spy. Large, round-ovate, very regular and even, with a 

 beautiful red cheek on a lemon yellow skin ; stem short, in a 

 small cavity ; flesh yellowish white, sub-acid, of a fine flavor — 

 hardly first-rate. Proved as yet only at the West. 



White Pippin.* (Canada Pippin.) Large, roundish, oblong, flat- 

 tened at ends ; light greenish yellow ; cavity large ; basin abrupt, 

 furrowed ; flesh yellowish white, sub-acid. Good, but not very 

 rich. Winter. Fair and productive, valued at the West and South- 

 west. Fig. 473. 



White Rambo. Rather large or medium, roundish-oblate, remotely 

 conical ; skin greenish yellow, becoming yellow ; cavity large ; 

 basin wide; flesh yellowish, with a mild sub-acid, "very good" 

 flavor. Early winter. Ohio. 



White Spanish Reinettp.. (Reinette Blanche d'Espagne.) Very 

 large, roundish, oblong, slightly conical, somewhat angular, 

 ribbed ; yellowish green in the shade, rich brownish red next the 

 sun ; stalk short, cavity small and even ; calyx large, open ; basin 

 deep, angular ; flesh yellowish white, crisp, flavor rich sub-acid. 

 Growth of tree and fruit resemble that of Fall Pippin, but it keeps 

 longer. 



White Winter Pearmain. * Rather large, conical, angular or ribbed ; 

 light yellowish green, with a brownish red cheek ; stem short ; flesh 

 whitish, fine-grained, with a mild sub-acid, rich, fine flavor. This 

 is distinct from the Michael Henry Pippin, which it resembles, and 

 at the West is one of the best and most productive winter apples. 

 Fig. 472. 



Winter Cheese. (Green Cheese.) Medium in size, oblate ; green 

 in the shade, red in the sun ; flesh very crisp, very tender and deli- 

 cate, sprightly, and of a fine, pleasant flavor. One of the most 

 highly esteemed early winter apples of southern Virginia, closely 

 resembling the Fall Cheese, but a longer keeper. Becomes mealy 

 and insipid after maturity. 



Winter Pippin of Geneva. Large, oblate, slightly angular; yellow, 

 with crimson cheek sparsely covered with gray dots ; stalk small, 

 cavity narrow ; calyx open, segments long ; basin open ; flesh yel- 

 low, tender, vinous, excellent. Ripens through winter. Trea 

 and fruit resemble Fall Pippin. (C. Downing.) 



Wood's Greening. Large, roundish, little oblique, slightly flat- 

 tened, obscurely conical; pale green, smooth; stalk very short, 

 cavity acuminate ; calyx rather large, basin distinct, slightly 

 plaited; flesh greenish white or nearly white, fine-grained, 

 slightly crisp, tender ; flavor very agreeable, mild sub-acid, first- 

 rate, but not very rich. 



Yellow Bellflower.* (Bellflower, Yellow Belle Fleur.) Large, 

 often quite large, oblong-ovate, apex quite narrow and conical, 

 more or less irregular ; surface pale yellow, often with a blush ; 

 stalk slender ; basin rilabed ; seeds long ; flesh very tender when 

 ripe, fine grained, crisp, juicy, acid, becoming sub-acid, excellent, 

 keeps through winter. Shoots yellowish, rather slender ; growth 



