.434 DESCRIPTIONS OF APPLES. 



of the fruit exhibited by him at the winter meetings. This 

 apple takes the place at mid-winter which is occupied in 

 summer by the Early Joe, and in autumn by the Jefferies, 

 Dr. Watson and Cooper. 



Fruit medium to small, regular, quite flat; Surface 

 smooth, mixed red, and carmine stripes on waxen-yellow 

 gi-ound ; Dots numerous, distinct, gray. 



Basin abrupt, regular deep ; Eye small, closed ; Seg- 

 ments long. 



Cavity wide, deep, regular, brown ; Stem medium, green, 

 slender. 



Core small, regular, closed, touching the eye ; Axis short ; 

 Seeds short, wide, dark; Flesh light yellow, very fine-grain- 

 ed, tender, juicy ; Flavor sub-acid, aromatic ; first quality, 

 or very best, for the dessert, or the evening party, during 

 December and January. 



Fall f^ine. 



Origin unknown. A great favorite in the West as a 

 table fruit ; little grown in the Eastern States, whence it was 

 brought. Downing supposes this is because the fruit is 

 there defective. In virgin soil it is remarkably fair and 

 handsome. 



Tree of medium size, rather slender, but healthy, spread- 

 ing, and annually productive. 



Fruit medium, oblate, handsome ; inclined to crack open 

 if left on the tree till ripe ; Surface very smooth, waxen- 

 yellow, almost completely covered with bright, and often 

 deep red, upon which it is indistinctly striped ; Dot» 

 minute. 



Basin abrupt, wide, regular or wavy ; eye small, closed ; 

 Calyx reflexed. 



Cfavity wide, regular, unifonnly green ; Stem long, 

 slender. 



Core medium, regular, closed, meeting the eye ; Seeds nu- 

 merous, angular or plump ; flesh yellow, breaking, tender, 

 fine-grained, juicy; flavor mild sub-acid,and very aromatic; 

 Quality best, for table and market, during September and 

 October or later 



