412 DESCETPTIONS OV APPLES. 



be entirely perfect to meet witli favor as an ornament to 

 the table, for -which use it is especially adapted ; unfor- 

 tunately it is often overgrown and irregularly developed. 

 Wherever produced in proper size and color, it is one of 

 the most profitable varieties, commanding fancy prices at 

 the period of Christmas decorations. In the rich soils of 

 the West it is apt to be too large, and has genendiy failed 

 to meet the requisitions ; but it succeeds well in Michigan, 

 and the neighboring region of Indiana. 



Tree of medium size, very close and upright, healthy 

 and productive; Shoots very dark; the foliage small, 

 crowded, curled, and very dark. 



Fiiiit very small, quite flat, very regular; Surface very 

 smooth, shining or polished, of a pale waxen yellow, near- 

 ly covered with bright carmine, which contrasts finely 

 with the ground color, wherever the fruit has been shaded 

 by a leaf; Dots minute. 



Basin medium, rather abi'upt ; Eye small, closed. 



Cavity acute, deep, regular ; Stem short. 



Core regular, wide, closed ; SeeHsnumeyons; Axis very 

 short; Flesh white, breaking, tender and juicy when ripe; 

 with a mild sub-acid flavor ; Use ornament and dessert ; 

 Season December until March. 



Maiden's Blush. 



This beautiful and profitable fruit has receive* the nn- 

 • qualified approbation of thirteen out of the eighteen States 

 that have reported i,o the American Pomological Society. 

 It is a native of New Jersey, and is still held in high 

 repute there as a market apple. The tree is hardy, vigor- 

 ous, spreading and productive, beginning to bear quite 

 early. 



Fruit Qiedium, to large, regular, flat and very handsome ; 

 Surface very smooth, polished, of a pale waxen yellow and 

 blushed with bright carmine ; Dots minute. - 

 ' Basin shallow, regular or wavy ; Eye small, closed- 

 Cavity wide, wavy ; Stem medium to short. 

 Core regular, closed, meeting the eye ; Seeds numerous, 

 brown; Flesh white, breaking, fine grained, juicy ; Flavor 

 acid, aromatic, and to most palates not agreeable at the 

 dessert, but very good when cooked, and requiring but 

 a short time to be reduced to a delicious pulp of light 



