THE APPLE. 



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Fruit largo to very large, round, slightly conical, very regular; 

 surface smooth, yellowish green, shaded with dull red blush on sunny 

 side, often overlaid with whitish net-veinings; dots many, distinct, 

 large, gray with russet centres; cavity regular, narrow, acuminate, 

 slightly russet ed; stem short; basin slightly wrinkled, narrow, nearly 

 flat; calyx large, open; segments divergent. Core open, meeting; 

 cells elliptical, slit; tube conical, short; stamens marginal; iseeds 



Fallawater. 



short, plump; flesh greenish white, light, crisp, tender, juicy, pleasant, 

 mild subacid, good only. Early winter. 



Fall Harvey. — Origin, Essex Co., Massacluisetts. 



Fruit large, roundish, a little flattened; obscurely ribbed or 

 irregular about the stem; surface pale straw yellow; dots few, 

 scattered, gray, distinct; cavity wide, deep, wa\'y, green; stem 

 rather .slender, mediimi to long; basin rather shallow, wide 

 corrugated, leather-cracked; calyx small, closed. Core regular, 

 closed, not meeting, seeds medium, pointed, defecti^'e; flesh whitish, 

 juicy, crisp with a rich good flavor, good to very good. October and 

 November. 



