THE APPLE. 



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centres; cavity regular, obtuse, deep, with trace of russet; stem 

 .short; basin shallow, wide, corrugated and ribbed; calyx small, 

 open; segments divergent. Core open, clasping; cells ovate, abaxile, 

 slit; tube broadly conical; stamens median; seeds Hat, often im- 

 perfect, long, pointed; tlcsh white, with faint yellow veinings, fine- 

 grained, crisp, juicy, mild, pleasant subacid, very g(jod. Late \vinter. 



Roxanna. — Origin , Wisconsin. 



Fruit medium, conical, irregular, angularj surface j'ellow, wholly 

 covered with fine crimson and carmine splashes (much like a well- 

 colored FameuseJ , a handsome fruit; dots white; cavity regular, slightly 

 russeted, acute; stem short; basin very shallo\\', narrow, wTinlded; 

 calyx half open. Core closed, clasping, very large; tube short, 

 conical; .stamens marginal; seeds very (ilump, liglit brown; flesh 

 white, fine-grained, mild subacid, with sweet after-taste, very good. 

 AVinter. 



Roxbury (Roxhury Russet). — Supposed origin, Roxbury, Massa- 

 cimsetts, soon after the settlement of the country. Scions were taken 

 to Connecticut soon after 1G40. Tree moderately vigorous, spreading, 

 very productive. Not a.s popular as formerly for export. 



Koxhi 



Fruit medium to large, roundish, oblate, slightly angular; surface 

 green, entirely covered with open net-work of brownish yellow russet, 

 sometimes with a faint blush on sunny side; dots obsou-e, few, gray. 



