THE APPLE. 



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Fruit above mpdium, roundish, somewhat conical; surface smooth, 

 greenish yellow, almost entirely covered with mottled, marbled and 

 striped deej) crimson, with delicate white bloom, a l)eautil'ul fruit; 

 dots minute; cavity shallow, regular, obtuse, russet ed; stem short; 

 basin sliallow, smooth, sometimes a little ii-regular; calyx small, 

 closed. Core closed, barely clasping; cells open, obovate; tube 

 funnel-shaped; stamens marginal or median; seeds manv, angular, 

 l)lump, small: ilesh white, crisji, juicy, brisk acid, good. Late July, 

 early August. 



Red Canada (Steele's Red Wiiiler). — An old variety of -\merican 

 origin, formerly nuich grown in \ew England and other parts of the 

 East; the tree is of irregular, slow growth and jiroductive in most 

 localities, but to overcome its slender growth should be top-gral'ted 

 on Northern Spy, Tolman, or other strong-growing variety. 



Rei! Cana.la. 



Fruit medium to large, (jblate, slightly conical, obscurely angular; 

 surface smooth, rich j-ellow, mostly shaded with deep red and crimson, 

 with rather indistinct stripes and splashes on sunny side; dots dis- 

 tinct, manv, large, gray and yellow; ca\'ity deep, wiile, wavy, russeted; 

 stem short, slender; basin narrow', abrupt, shallow, slightly wrinkled 

 and irregular; caly.x: small, closed; segments long. Core small, barely 

 clasping, closed ; tube conical; seeds imperfect ; flesh yellowish white. 



