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DBSCBIPTIONS OF APPIJtS. 



Basiu shallow, wide regular ; Eye medium, closed ; Calyx 

 reflexed. 



Cavity wide, regular ; Stem long, slender, yellow. 



Core medium, regular, closed ; Seeds numerous, small, 

 pointed, light brown; Flesh yellow, breaking, fine-grained, 

 juicy ; Flavor very sweet, iiromatic, like sassafrass ; Quali- 

 ty good to very good; Use, baking and market; Season, 

 August. 



I,i.DT BLUSH. 



Origin Trumbull County, Ohio ; introduced by Dr. 

 Kirtland. 



Fruit large, round, truncated, regular ; Surface smooth, . 

 greenish-yellow, blushed ; Rots scattered, distinct, white 

 and dark. 



Basin abrupt, wavy, deep ; Eye medium, closed. 



Cavity deep, acute, regular, brown ; Stem medium. - 



Figf. 183. — ^HIGBT SWEET. 



Core small, regular, heart-shaped, closed, clasping the 

 eye ; Seeds plump ; Flesh yellowish-white, tender, fine- 

 grained, juicy ; Flavor very sweet ; Quality good ; Use, 

 baking ; Season, October. 



