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DBSCBIPTIONS OP APPLES. 



acid, rich ; First quality, for table, market, cooking or dry- 

 ing ; Season September to December. Compared with 

 some of the best dessert apples of the season, such as 

 Hawley, Fall Pippin, Fall Wine, Rambo, and others, this 

 variety was declared to be " better than the best." 



Osceola. 



Originated in Indiana, brought into notice by that earn- 

 est horticulturist, Henry Ward Beecher, who did much to 

 stimulate the culture of fine fruits when a resident of that 

 State. 



Fmit medium, flattened, sometimes unequal, regular ; 



Fig. 103.— OSCEOLA. 



Surface smooth, slightly colored red, and striped with the 

 same ; Dots scattered, irregular, more frequent and minute 

 about the apex, IJjw and larger at base of the fruit. 



Basin wide, regular ; Eye small, closed. 



Cavity medium, acute ; Stem short. 



