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smooth; calyx closed; segments small, connivent. Core small, 

 dosed, clasping; tube funnel-shaped; stamens median; seeds small, 

 elongated, light brown; flesh whitish yellow, firm, fine-grained, 

 somewhat spicy, pleasant subacid, verj' good. December to spring. 



Wine {Hays; Pennsylvania Red Streak). — Origin, Delaware; tree 

 verjr large, spreading, very open, with small, curled, mealy leaves, 

 displaying the heavy crops of fruit to good advantage. 



Fruit rather large, roundish, truncated, regular, rarely unequal, 

 and inclined; surface smooth, yellow, mosth^ covered with bright 

 mixed deep red, with crimson stripes; dots large, graj^, few; cavity 

 deep, regular, acute, with stellate russet; stem short, thick; basin 

 rather shallow, wide, nearly smooth, abrupt; calyx open; segments 

 divergent. Core closed, small, turbinate, meeting; cells obovate, 

 entire; tube funnel-shaped; stamens median; seeds large, plump, 

 not many; flesh yellowish white, firm, juicy, crisp, rich, pleasant 

 subacid, good to very good. Midwinter. 



Winesap. — Supposed origin, New Jersey; described by Coxe in 

 1817 as one of tlic best cider and eating apples of his region (western 

 New Jersey), very popular in parts of the South and West. One of 

 the leading apples for export. Some of its known or supposed seed- 

 lings, such as Stayman, Gilbej't, Paragon, and Arkansas, are larger in 

 fruit and are considered superior in vigor of tree. For export their 

 superiority to the parent has not j^et been established. Tree moder- 

 ately vigorous, with rather open, straggling head; very productive 

 and an early bearer. 



Fruit medium, roundisli conical, often obscurely angular and 

 slightly ribiied; skin moderately thick, very tough; surface smooth, 

 rich dark yellow, mostly covered with fine lively dark red, sometimes 

 obscurely striped, often with russet net-veining, espcciall}' toward the 

 base; dots few, minute, indented toward the apex, distinctly elongated 

 toward base; cavity wide, regular, acute, lined with reddish stellate 

 russet, sometimes extending out a little over base; stem medium; 

 basin narrow, shallow, plaited; calyx closed; segments flat convergent. 

 Core slightly open, clasping, turbinate; cells ovate, slit; tube funnel- 

 shaped; stamens marginal; seeds few, medium, short, plump, rather 

 short, brown; flesh j'ellow, firm, crisp, fine-grained, rich, sprightly 

 suijaeid, very good. December to ilay. 



Winter St. Lawrence. — Imported in 1833 from ^Manchester, Eng., 

 under the name of Mank's Codling, l)y the late Wm. Lunn, of Montreal; 



