CLASS ni. — Eouin) applbs. — ^ii. ii. i. 



643 



Core large, closed, clasping the eye ; Seeds numerous, 

 angular; Flesh yellow, tender, breaking, fine-grained; 

 Flavor sub-acid and somewhat aromatic ; of first quality 

 m the North ; Use, table, kitchen or market ; Season, De- 

 cember to January, or latei-. 



Primate. 



This delicious table apple has strong claims upon our 

 admiration, on account of its good qualities as a dessert 

 fruit, for the extreme delicacy of its skin and flesh render 

 it unfit for market ; it is therefore not profitable for the 

 commercial orchard. 



Tree thrifty, stocky, vigorous, strongly branched, pro- 



Fig. 253. — FBIMATE. 



ductive ; Shoots stout, short, light olive ; Bnds prominent, 

 foliage pale green. 



Fruit full medium, globular, angular, irregular ; Surface 

 smooth, greenish-yellow, becoming almost white, some- 

 times faintly blushed ; Dots minute. 



Basin abrupt, folded ; Eye small but long, closed ; Seg- 

 ments reflexed. 



