438 DESCKIPTIONS OP APPLES. 



good to very good ; Use table, kitchen, market ; Season, 

 December, January ; reminds one somewhat of Domine. 



HockiDg. 



This variety has only been found in western orchards, 

 and has not been mentioned by name in any fruit book 

 with which I have met. At the second meeting of the 

 Nortl" western Fruit Growers' Convention, it was reported 

 as having been brought from Fairfield County, Ohio ; its 

 resemblance to Townsend was also observed, but it was 

 declared to be different in wood and buds. These apples 

 may yet prove to be identical, but as the question is not 

 settled, both will be descril)ed. 



Tree thrifty, vigorous, productive — an early bearer. 



Fruit medium to large, globular-oblate, regular ; Surface 

 smooth, yellow, covered with mixed red, and splashed car- 

 mine ; Dots minute, yellow. 



Basin medium, regular ; Eye medium to large, closed. 



Cavity medium, regular, green ; Stem medium to long. 



Core small, closed ; Seeds lai-ge, brown ; Flesh light yel- 

 low, breaking, juicy; Sub-acid; Quality good; Market 

 and kitchen ; September. 



Himt. 



Another of Lewis Jones' apples, supposed to be a seed- 

 ling of Eastern Indiana ; productive. 



Fruit medium, roundish-oblate, regular ; Surface smooth, 

 yellow, mixed, striped bright red ; Dots numerous, yellow. 



Basin rather wide, abrupt, folded ; Eye small, closed. 



Cavity wide, regular ; Stem medium, slender. 



Core small, roundish, flattened, closed, not meeting the 

 eye ; Seeds numerous, angular ; Flesh yellow, breaking, 

 ■fine-grained, juicy; flavor sub-acid, aromatic ; Quality good 

 to very good ; Use table, market ; Season December and 

 January. 



Indiana Favorite. 



This finiit resembles the Pennsylvania Vandervere, from 

 which it may have sprung. Origin believed to be Fayette 

 County, Indiana. It is considerably cultivated in the 

 eastern part of the State, where I procured specimens ex- 

 hibited at the Richmond Horticultural Society. 



