24 WESTERN FRUIT BOOK. 



Garter Apple. (See Appendix, 22.) 



Eemarks. — ^From Virginia, l^ot decided upon by the 

 National Pomological Society. 



CAEY'S SEEDLING. Color, clouded green and yel- 

 low ; form, round oblate ; size, 2 ; use, table and kitchen; 

 quality, 1 ; season, September and October. 



Eemarks. — Originated at Fai-mers' College, seven mileB 

 from Cincinnati. Took premium at Ohio State Fair in 

 1852. Fine grained, tender, pleasant flavor; acid until 

 quite ripe, when it becomes a pleasant sub-acid. Tree 

 strong and vigorous, bears abundantly every second year, 

 like some others, as the White Juneating, Eeece's Apple 

 of Campbell county, Ky., etc. This is a valuable variety. 



Catshead, or Cathead Greening, or Round Catshead. Color, 

 yellowish green ; form, roundish ; size, 1 ; use, kitchen j 

 quality, 3 ; season, September and October. 



Eemarks. — Not of much value, only for cooking. There 

 is another, equally worthless, same shape, but striped yel- 

 low and red. " Second rate." — Trans. Ohio Pom. Society. 



Catline, or Gregson Apple. Color, yellow and green; 

 form, flat; size, 3; use, table; quality, 2; season, Novem- 

 ber and February. 



Eemarks. — Productive, and bears early. Shoots, 

 straight and delicate. "Good; little known. Of East- 

 ern Ohio." — Trans. Ohio Pom. Society. 



Chandler. Color, yellowish green; form, round, im- 

 perfect; size, 1; use, kitchen; quality, 2 to 3; season, 

 October to January. (See Appendix, 23.) 



Eemarks.— A great favorite in Connecticut. Flesh 



