CLASS 1. — ^PLAT APPLES. — ^L I. II. 395 



ent ; it has as good qunlities for making a rich cider ; 

 specimens obtained from W. C. Hampton. 



Fruit small, oblate, regular ; Surface. dull red, striped 

 purple ; Dots numci'oUs, yellow. 



Basin wide, regular ; Eye large, open. 



Cavity wide, regular, brown ; Stem long, inclined. 



Core medium, round, regular, closed, meeting the eye ; 

 Seeds numerous, angular, plump ; Flesh yellow.ish-white, 

 firm, tough ; Flavor sweet ; Use, cider ; Season, winter. 



Jersey !$-weet. 



AHEBICAK. 



In some parts of the country this is a favorite baking 

 apple, but Its great productiveness renders it small, and 

 makes it rather a stock apple. Tree vigorous, round- 

 headed ; Shoots short-jointed and red ; Foliage abundant. 



Fig. 63.— JEK8BT SWEET. 



Fruit medium, regular, globular-oblate, sometimes rath- 

 er conical, (according to Elliott & Downing, roundish- 

 ovate, but the drawing given by the latter is globular); 



