476 DESCRIPTIONS OF APPLES. 



Cavity wide, iiTegular ; Stem short, thick. 



Core wide, closed, scarce meeting the eye ; Seeds numer- 

 ous, plump, brown; Flesh white, tender; Flavor sweet; 

 Season, July. 



CLASS I— FLAT APPLES. 



ORDER n.— IRREGULAR. 



SECTION 1.— SWEET. 



SUB-SECTION 2.— STIOEEa). 



Angle Sn'eet. 



Fruit medium, round-oblate, irregular ; Surface smooth, 

 yellow, covered with stripes and splashes of red, some 

 darker ; Dots white. 



" Flesh yellow, tender, sweet, and good, fair and hand- 

 some ; Season, first of September." — [Downing. 



Peach Pond. Sivcet. 



Origin Dutchess County, New York. 



Fig. 125.— PEACH POND SWEET. 



