THE APPLE. 



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Fniit modiuni, roumlish oblate; surface pale yellow; dots few; 

 gray; eavity slightly russeted; stem long; calyx small, closed; flesh 

 white, tender, juicy, subacid, good. August. 



Early Strawberry. — Origin, New York; tree tlnifty, very u))riglit 

 while young, spreading and large with age, c|uite distinct frcjm the 

 Earbj Red Margaret, A\hich has no fragrance, and a short stem. 



Early Strawberry. 



Fruit small, roundish, conical, rarely angular; surface smooth 

 and fair, often polislied, yellow, mostly covered with mixed red with 

 bright and dark crimson strijjes; dots very few, minute, obscure; 

 cavitv deep, regular; stem long, rather slender, sometimes knobbed 

 and uneven; basin narrow, shallow, folded or plaited; calyx rather 

 small; segments divergent. Core regular, closed, not meeting; seeds 

 many, plump; flesh whitish yellow, slightly tinged with red next to 

 the skin, tender, sitrightly, brisk, agreeable aromatic subacid, very 

 good. July, Septemljcr. 



EngUsh Russet. — Origin unknown: a profitable market variety; 

 tree ujiriglit, very productive. 



Fruit medium or beloM', roundish, obscurely conical, very regular; 



