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UBSCBIPriONS OF APPLSS. 



color disqualify it for market, while' its deliciou« flavor 

 renders it very attractive. 



Detroit Black. 



DETKOIT RED ? — QBAND SACHEM. 



Supposed to be of Canadian origin, in the neighborhood 

 of Detroit, Michigan. I liave put these two names to- 



f ether, because the fruits presented as Slack and as Sed 

 ieiroit are so very much alike in all respects that it is not 

 worth -while to consider them distinct. 



Fruit large to very large, conic, angular ; Surface very 

 smooth, shining, deep red shaded, almost black in some 

 specimens, no striping ; Dots, numerous, minute, indented, 



gray- 

 Basin deep, abrupt, folded ; Eye small, open. 

 Cavity wide, wavy ; stem very short. 

 Core wide, closed or op«n, clasping the eye ; Seed-? nu- 



Fig. 16S.— DEIBOIT BI.AOK. 



merou«, angular, brown ; Flesh whitisli, tender, breaking. 



