CLASS m. BOtrND APPLB8. — I. n. II. 



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Tree thrifty, upright, spreading, productive ; Foliage 

 dark. 



Fruit ftill medium to large, roundish, flattened or trun- . 

 Gated conic, mostly regular, sometimes ribbed ; Surface 

 not very smooth, rich yellow, nearly covered with dull 



Fig. 238.— NEWABK KINO. 



red mixed, and darker stripes, giving the fruit almost a 

 mahogany color ; Dots numerous, gray, elongated at the 

 extremities, and coalescing into russet about the blossom 

 end. 



Basin deep, abrupt, folded or plaited, covered with fine 

 russet ; Eye small, closed. 



Cavity acute, often lipped ; Stem rather long, slender. 



Core small, oval, closed, not clasping but meeting the 

 eye ; Seeds numerous, angular. Flesh rich yellow, breaking, 

 fine grained, juicy; Flavor acid, rich, sprightly, high- fla- 

 vored ; Quality very good ; Use, kitchen, table and cider ; 

 Season, December, January, or longer. 



