WINTER APPLES 17fl 



sprightly sub-acid. Fine baking. Shoots slender , tree 

 very productive. (This proves to be the Domine.) 



Westfield Seeknofurther. (Syn. Connecticut Seekno- 

 further, New-England Seeknofurther.) Medium or large, 

 roundish, often slightly conical, obscurely striped with 

 light dull red, more or less russeted, rarely covered wholly 

 with russet ; stalk slender ; calyx partly open ; flesh ten- 

 der, rich, spicy, of fine flavor. Early and mid-winter. 

 Tree productive, fruit always fair. Leaves sharply ser- 

 rate 4 Succeeds well throughout the northern states and 

 Ohio. Fig. 153. 



Willow Twig. Large, roundish, slightly conical, obtuse, 

 very regular ; greenish yellow, striped and mottled faint- 

 ly with dull red ; stalk short ; basin very wide and deep, 

 rim obtuse ; flavor sub-acid or rather acid, not rich. A 

 long keeper. Shoots very slender. Cultivated much as 

 a market apple in southern Ohio. 



Wine. (Syn. Hays' Apple, Hays' Winter.) Rather large, 

 often quite large, roundish, slightly flattened ; obscurely 

 striped and mottled with red on yellow ground; stalk 

 quite short, cavity deep, acuminate ; calyx large, open, 

 basin large ; flesh yellowish white, with a rich sub-acid or 

 rather acid flavor. Early winter. There are several spu- 

 rious varieties under this name. 



Winesap. Size, medium ; round-ovate, slightly conical, 

 sometimes obscurely flattened; color a lively deep red; 

 stalk slender, three-fourths of an inch long, cavity acute ; 

 calyx small, in a finely plaited basin ; flesh yellowish, 

 firm, crisp, with a rich sub-acid or rather acid flavor. 

 Keeps through winter. One of the best apples for 

 baking. Growth rather irregular, fruit always fair. 

 Differs .from the Jonathan, in its smaller size, yellower 

 flesh, smaller basin, and rather inferior quality. 



Winter Pear main. {Syn. Autumn Pearmain, erroneously, 

 Old Pearmain.) Size, medium ; oblong-ovate, ends 

 somewhat flattened ; color, narrow broken stripes of dull 

 red on greenish yellow ; stalk half an inch to one inch 

 long, quite slender, cavity narrow ; basin small, distinct, 

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