CLASS I. FLAT Al'PLES. — I. I. II. 



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giuineJ, breaking, juicy; Flavor very sweet ; Quality very 

 good ; Use, baking and stock ; Season September and Oc- 

 tober. 



CLASS I.— FLAT APPLES. 



ORDER I.— REGULA.R 



SECTION 1.— SWEET. 

 SDB-SECTION 2.— STRIPED. 

 Baltimore.— [0/ MUott.] 



FLUSUINQ SPITZENBBIIG, OF NORTHWEST. — CABLE'S OILLIFLOWBR. — 

 KOTAL riPPIN IN ILLINOIS. 



The origin of tliis very satisfactory second rate fruit is 

 unknown, though it is extensively cultivated in western 



Fig. 59. — ^BALTIMOKE. 



orchards, especially in the lake country, for it is scarcely 

 known within the Ohio river fruit region. 



Tree thrifty, sufficiently vigorous but with slender 

 gi-owth, very productive, spreading. 



Fruit medium, regular, oblate, almost round in some 

 specimens , Surface smootli, red, striped with deep red and 

 often covered with whitish or gray markings that give it 



