CLASS I. ^FLAT APPLES. ^IL n. nL 



493 



qnently angular, sometimes conic and truncated ; Surface 

 overspread with heavy brown russet in the South, but 

 green, often bronzed, and with partial light russet at the 

 north of latitude 41° ; Dots minute, scattered. 



Basin regular or wavy, green, often folded ; Eye mcr 

 dium, closed. 



Cavity regular, pointed ; Stem medium, curved. 



Core regular, closed, clasping ; Seeds numerous, angular, 

 imperfect ; Flesh greenish-yellow, breaking, granular, often 

 coarse, juicy ; Flavor decidedly acid ; Quality second rate ; 

 Use, market and cooking ; Season, November to January ; 

 a better keeper in the North. 



W bitney Russet. 



Of uncertain or accidental origin in the extensive nur- 

 series and orchards of my friend A. R. Whitney, of 

 Franklin Grove, Lee County, Illinois, where my specimens 

 and trees were procured. 



Fruit medium or small, roundish-oblate, truncated, an- 



Figg. 136.— wmTNET busset. 



gular ; Surface smooth, yellow, rather thinly russeted ; 

 Dots minute, prominent. 



Basin abrupt, regular, green ; Eye medium, closed. 



Cavity acute, deep, wavy ; Stem medium to long, slender. 



