98 SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



obscure, few, whitish, minute; cavity reguhir, smooth, acuminate, 

 narrow; stem long, slender; basin very sliallow or flat, narrow, 

 faintly wrinkled; cah'x closed; segments erect convergent. Core 

 slightly ojien, clasping, large; tube funnel-shaped; stamens ex- 

 tremely marginal, touching segments (the same as in Plumb 

 Cider); seeds many, angular, short, pointed; flesh white, tender, 

 delicate, juicy, pleasant subacid, much like Fameuse, very good. 

 Early winter. 



Heslep. — Originated in Polk Co., Georgia, and is no doubt a seedling 

 of Shookley, which it resembles very much in size, color, productive- 

 ness and keeping capacity, but quality is much l:)etter. A valuable 

 market variety in Georgia; tree a good gro\\-er, a regular and abun- 

 dant bearer. 



Fruit medium, conical; surface yellow, covered with crimson; 

 flesh crisp, juicy, slightly vinous, subacid or rather sweetish. A 

 late keep(>r. ((!. H. Miller, Rome, Georgia.) 



Hewes (for cider only). — Origin, Virginia; very popular in the 

 South for making cider, for which purpose it uas thought to be un- 

 surpassed; tree a very lieai.')' bearer. 



Fruit aljout an inch and a half in diameter, round, somewhat flat- 

 tened, regular; surface yellow, covered with mixed and striped dull 

 purplish red; dots many, large, whitish; cavity deep, regular; stem 

 long, slender, red; basin shallow; calyx small, closed. Core open, 

 clasping; seeds large, pointed; flesh firm, fibrous, yellowish and 

 greenish, juicy, acid, astringent, best for cider, also valued for mince- 

 pies on account of the rich acid. November to January. 



Hibernal (Xo. .378). — Origin, Prussia. This variety represents 

 what is iiroljably the hardiest type of the Russian race of apples; 

 there are several sorts closely resembling, or identical with. Hibernal; 

 tree vigorous, very spreading, productive. Tlie strong spreading 

 growth makes it desiral)le as a st<jck for top-grafting. 



Fruit large, irregular, roundish, often oblate, conical, skin thick; 

 surface greenish yellow, with a dull bronze mixed red on sunnv side 

 with a few dull crimson splashes; dots white, minute, oljscure, often 

 some large russet dots; cavity I'egular, medium deepi, with a large 

 ])atch of russet radiating out uTegularly over nearly the entire base, 

 this is a marked characteristic; stem iu(>dium, often short; basin 

 narrow, rather shallow, wrinkled; calyx half open or open. Core 

 closed, meeting; tube funnel-shaped; stamens median; seeds few; 



