CLASS I. — ^FLAT APPLES. — I. n, H. 461 



" Origin PennsylTunia. Tree healthy, vigoious, very 

 productive. 



" Fruit medium, oblate, slightly conic. Skin pale yel- 

 low, striped and splashed with red, and covered with a 

 thin bloom. Stalk rather long, slender, inserted into a 

 medium cavity. Calyx closed, set in a basin of moderate 

 deptli. Flesh white, tender, very mild, agreeable, sub- 

 acid flavor. Ripe middle of August to middle of Sep- 

 tember. Hocking of the West may prove to be the same." 



Xrader's Fancy. 



This peculiar looking apple originated in Washington 

 County, Pennsylvania. Tree vigorous, healthy, spread- 

 ing, round-headed, very productive, bears regularly. As 

 a long keeper, with dark skin, that does not show bruises, 

 it became a favorite with shippers on the Ohio river, hence 

 its name, the flat-boats that stop from port to port to dis- 

 pose of their cargoes being called trading boats, and their 

 masters traders. 



Fruit medium, regular, oblate ; Surface very smooth, 

 greenish yellow, almost completely obscured with deep 

 purple red, mixed and striped, and covered with a white 

 bloom. 



Basin wide, sometimes folded or plaited ; Eye small, 

 closed. 



Cavity wide, regular ; Stem medium, slender. 



Core medium, closed ; Seeds plump ; Flesh whitish, ten- 

 der, fine-grained ; Flavor mild sub-acid ; Quality only good ; 

 Use market and kitchen ; Season January to May. 



X^venty-Onnce Pippin. 



Origin unknown, and the variety never should have been 

 distributed ; it is here named to put people on their guard 

 against it when they desire to purchase the Cayuga Med 

 Mredk, also called the Ihuenty-ounee apple. 



Fruit large, flat, regular ; Surface greenish, more or less 

 mottled and striped dull red. 



Basin, wide, regular, or wavy ; Eye small, open. 



Cavity wide, regular, green ; Stem short, thick. 



Core large, closed ; Seeds numerous, angular ; Flesh yel- 

 low-white, breaking ; Flavor acid, with a peculiar aroma, 



