520 



DBSCEIPnOKS OF APPLES. 



Rosy Red. 



This is one of the valuable fruits ■which we owe to the 

 indefatigable effort^ of that earnest pomologist and thus 

 philanthropist, Lewis Jones, of Cambridge, Indiana. Found 

 in a seedling orchard. 



Fruit medium, conical, truncated, regular; Surface 

 smooth, bright red, generally diffused, indistinctly striped ; 

 Dots scattered, medium, yellow. 



Basin medium, shallow, regular or folded ; Eye medium, 

 closed. 



Cavity acute, narrow, deep, brown ; Stem medium, slen- 

 der, yellow. 



Core wide, indistinct, partly open, scarcely meeting the 

 eye ; Seeds few, plump and imperfect ; Flesh pale yellow, 

 breaking, juicy; Flavor sub-acid; Quality good; Use, 

 market and table ; Season, December and January. 



"Westfield Seek-uo-Fnrtlier. 



This favorite Connecticut apple has been widely dis- 

 seminated throughout the countiy, and is tiniversally ad- 



Fig. 158.— westfuxo seek-no-fubtheb. 

 mired by those who come from the Northern States ; on 



