CLASS I. — ^FLAT APPLES. — ^I, IL n. 



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Fruit large, globular-oblate, flattened or truncate, regu- 

 lar, occasionally unequal and lop-sided ; Surface smooth, 

 yellow, more or less covered with mixed and broken stripes 

 of red, splashed with crimson ; Dots scattered, large, 

 gray. 



Basin rather shallow, wide, abrupt ; Eye small, closed, 

 or open from breaking of the calyx. 



Cavity acute, regular, brown ; Stem short, thick. 



Core medium, regular, closed ; Seeds numerous, large, 

 angular ; Flesh yellow, firm, breaking, juicy ; Flavor acid 

 to Bui)-acid, rich ; Quality good, for market and kitchen ; 

 Season, November and December. 



Fig. 117. — ^WINTBB QtlBEN. 



IViDter Queen. — [Coxe.'] 



TAUj queen — ^KENTUCKY QUEEN — BOBEBTSON's SITPEBB (of Ga.) 



This is a favorite, of southern origin, and has many syn- 

 onims. An excelleq^ apple for drying, for family use and 

 for market. Tree thrifty, upright, productive, early bear- 



