CLASS II. — CONICAL APPLES. — I, IL I. 



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greenish-white, breaking, coarse-grained, juicy ; Flavor 

 quite acid, not rich, not agreeable ; Quality only fair ; Use 

 cooking only; Season, October to December at the North. 

 Not seen in the southern counties of the States north of 

 the Ohio River. 



Middle. 



A comparatively new fruit, from Herkimer County, 

 New York, found in a division fence between two neigh- 

 bors ; hence its name. Considerably cultivated in the 



Fig. 149.— MIDDLE. 



neighborhood, where it is highly esteemed. Introduced 

 into Ohio by Mr. John Ludlow, of Springfield, in 1854, 

 and propagated at the Oakland Nurseries near by. 



Tree thrifty and productive. 



Fruit medium to large, conical or oblate-conic, regular ; 

 Surface rather smooth, green to pale greenish -yellow ; 

 Dots small, irregular, rather abundant, gray, somewhat 

 prominent. 



Basin shallow, nearly regular, msseted, like Rhode Isl- 

 and Greening ; Eye small, closed. 



