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DESCRIPTIONS OF APPLES. 



The following outline and description of a specimen 

 presented by Irvin Jessup, of Lapoite, Indiana, was kindly 

 made for me by my lamented friend, Geo. M. Beeler, a 

 short time before his de;ith. 



Fruit lartre, oblate, angular ; Surface not smooth, yel- 

 low, blushed and spotted red ; Dots numerous, small, gray. 



Fig. 1S27.— CANADA BBINETTE. 



Basin abrupt, deep, angular ; Eye small, nearly closed. 



Cavity medium, acute ; Stem medium, inclined. 



Core wide, regular, closed, clasping; Seeds plump, 

 angular, dark ;' Flesh breaking, fine grained, very juicy ; 

 Flavor acid to sub-acid, aromatic, rich ; Quality very good ; 

 Use, table and cooking ; Season, December to February, in 

 northern Indian.a. 



Ciilp. 



Origin Jefferson County, Ohio ; exhibited at the meet- 

 ings of the Ohio Pomological Society as early as 1855, by 

 S. B. Marshall, of Massillon, whose friend, S. Wood, had 



