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DESCBIPnONS OP APPLES. 



ish-yellow, breaking, juicy ; Flavor acid ; Quality only 

 good, but valuable for market and culinary uses ; Season, 

 December to April Excellent for shipping South. 



'Wilson's Volunteer. 



Origin believed to be a seedling or " Volunteer" on the 

 banks of the Ohio River. Received from George Sibbald. 



Fruit large, globular, truncated or flattened, regular ; 

 Surface yellow, mostly covered with mixed red, striped 

 darker ; Dots large, gray and yellow. 



Basin deep, regular, leather-cracked; Eye medium, 

 closed. * 



Cavity deep, acute, regular ; Stem long, slender. 



Core small, round, regular, closed, clasping ; Seeds nu- 

 merous, pointed ; Flesh greenish-yellow, tender, juicy ; 

 Flavor sub-acid ; Quality only good : Use, kitchen ; Sea- 

 son, December to February. 



Fig. 237. — ^WBIGBT'S JANXT. 



ITrigrlit's Jaaet. 



This fine keeping apple, received from N. J. Colman 

 and other zealous pomologists of St. Louis, Missouri, is 



