CLASS III. GROUND APPLES. L IL IIL 627 



Seeds numerouB, short, plump ; Flesh yellow, very fine- 



Fig. 241. — KNOX RUSSET. 



grained ; Flavor mild sub-acid, aromatic ; Quality good to 

 very good ; Use, dessert ; Season, December, January. 



Pryor's Ked. 



This southern apple, probably from Virginia, has Jjeen 

 carried through all the Western States, where it is a great 

 favorite, though there are some objectors, on account of 

 its having shown signs of failure in certain situations. 

 The fruit is singularly affected by change of soil and 

 climate ; thus, on the Ohio River, it is seen quite flat and 

 regular, with a dull green russeted skin, becoming yellow 

 and ruddy ; in one part of the State of Indiana, on lime- 

 stone, it IS gibbous, round, often very large, and covered 

 with a rich cinnamon russet, while on the coal measures, 

 west of the center of the State, it is smaller, regular, and 

 distinctly striped deep red on red, with very little russet. 

 Specimens from Rochester, New York, have been shown 

 with scarcely a tyace of ruSset, and having the stripes as 

 distinct and almost as beautiful as those oif a Duchess of 

 Oldenburgh, so that no southern or western man would 

 have recognized it for his home favoiite. The distinctive 

 leather-Graining about the eye was present, however, in all. 



