THE APPLE. 



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blush, before maturity tlie surfaee towatd the base often shadeil uith 

 l)ink or \mv\i\e, with obscure wavy streaks or slrijies of wlute; dots 

 very minute, lew, broivn, wifli i;Teen bases; eavity wide, deep, wavy 

 lined with gi't'en and russet; stem short; basin deep, abrupt, fur- 

 rowed; calyx small, nearly closed, fore small, closed, clasping; 



"White Pippin. 



seeds many, angular, light brown, pointed; flesh yellowisli white, 

 tender, crisp, juicy, rich .subacid to acid, very good. December to 

 JIarch. 



WiUiams Fiivon'tc. — Origin, Roxburv, ^fassaclni etts ; tree jiro- 

 ductive, rcciuires a strong I'ich soil; an excellent market variety. 



Fruit above medium, roundish ol)long conic, slightly imequal; 

 surface very smooth, yello«', almost or "\\holly covered \vH\i liglit and 

 very dark purplish red, with numerr)us brilliant dark ci'imson stripes 

 and splashes, a beautiful fruit; dots few, very minute; cavity wide, 

 shallow, slightly russeted; stem medium to long, slender; basin 

 shallow, "wide, abrupt, corrugated; cah'x closed; segmeiils lai'ue, 

 conn!vei"it. (Vjre closed, barely clas[)ing: cells round, .slit; tulic 

 funnel-shaped; stamens marginal; seeds, not n"iany, ]iointed, i";illier 

 long; flr;li yellowish white, often stained with red, tendei-, moiler;ite!y 

 juicy inihl, agreeable, ar(jmatic subacid, good. July, .\\igus;, 



