CLASS IV.— -OBLONG APPLES. — ^I. IL H. 677 



Flavor mild sub-acid ; Quality only good ; Use, market, 

 kitchen, table ; Season, January to April. 



Cooper's Market. 



"Tree vigorous, upright, with long, slender branches; 

 productive and a late keeper. 



"Fruit medium, oblong, conic; Skin yellowish, shaded 

 _ with red, striped crimson ; Stem short ; Cavity deep, nar- 

 row ; Calyx closed ; Basin small ; Flesh white, tender, 

 with a brisk, sub-acid flavor; December to May." — 

 [Downing.] 



Fall Butter.— [£. Jbtus.] * 



There are many apples with this name, but my good 

 friend Lewis Jones thinks this is the only genuine kind, 

 and deserving the name from its adaptation to the making 

 of apple butter. Found in a seedling orchard of Eastern 

 Indiana, and a distinct sort. 



Fruit large, handsome, globular ; Surface smooth, green- 

 ish-yellow ; Dots minute, prominent. 



Basin regular, abrupt, brown ; Eye medium, closed. 



Cavity deep, narrow, green ; Stem short. 



Core medium, round, open, clasping ; Seeds numerous, 

 short, plump, dark ; Flesh yellowish-white, breaking, fine- 

 grained, juicy ; Flavor sweet ; Quality best for table, bak- 

 ing and apple butter ; Season, December and Januar^r. 



Hag^ue. 



Introduced by Lewis Jones, "Wayne County, Indiana. 

 Believed to be a seedling. 



Fruit large, roundish, oblong, cylindrical, truncate; 

 Surface smooth, greenish yellow, shaded more or less 

 with red, sti-iped and splashed deep red ; Dots numerous 

 or scattered, large, distinct, yellow. 



Basin medium, regular; Eye medium, closed. 



Cavity deep, acute, regular, brown ; Stem short to me- 

 dium, curved. 



Core large, heart-shaped, regular, closed or open, clasp- 

 ing ; Seeds numerous, short, pointed, plump ; Flesh yel- 

 low, tender, fine-grained, juicy ; Flavor sub-acid, aromatic, 

 rich ; Quality very good to best ; Use, table, market ; 

 Season, December to Febniary. Worthy of attention. 

 * See page 610. 



