THE APPLE. 



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Ramsdell S»rf( {Engb'f:h ,ShwO.— Origin, Connecticut; tree vigc.r 

 ous, upriglit, an early and heavv bearer. 



Ramstlell ,'^iree/. 



Fruit above medium, regular, oblong, slightly tapering truncated' 

 surface smooth, yellow, almost wholly covered with solid dark red 

 with indistinct stripes and splashes, with blue bloom; dots manv 

 large, gray, ver}- conspicuous; cavity regular, deep, acute, flith large 

 stellate russet patch; stem short, medium or long, often red; basin 

 narrow, abrupt, nearly smooth; calyx half open; segments erect 

 convergent. C(jre closed, clasping; cells elliptical, slit ; tube funnel- 

 shaped; stamens median or basal; seeds short, jilump; flesh A'cllow, 

 tender, juicy, firm, ricji, very s«"eet, very good. ( )ctober to Februai-y, 



Raspberry. — Origin, Russia; exceedingly pr(]ductive and a good 

 su!.)Stitute for Fed .June where that variety -winter-kills. 



Fruit small, oblong, obscurely angular, somewhat llattened at ends: 

 surface a. fine solid dark red (like a higlily colored lied ,lune); dots 

 \'erv minut(\ wliite, ol)scure, many; cavity regular, shallow to nearly 

 flat, slightly russeted; stem medium to long; basin nearh' Hat, with 

 about five iirominences around tlie e}-e ; calyx closed; segments long, 

 reflexed. Core open; cells ovate, slit; seeds about twelve, short, 



