WINTER APPLES. 179 



Catshead. (Syn. Cathead Greening.) Very large, round,* 

 pale green, stalk half an inch long, cavity deep, basin 

 wide, deep ; tender, sub-acid ; flavor rather poor. 



Court of Wick. Rather small, regular, round-ovate, slight- 

 ly flattened ; greenish-yellow, with an orange red cheek; 

 stalk short ; calyx open, basin wide, shallow ; flesh crisp, 

 juicy, with a high acid flavor. Hardy, suited for the ex- 

 treme north. English. 



Cranberry Pippin. Rather large, regular, oblate, very 

 smooth ; color, a beautiful blush on pale clear yellow, 

 often with large red dots on the sunny side ; stalk slen- 

 der, three-fourths of an inch long ; calyx deep set, basin 

 round, with a full obtuse rim ; flesh white, sub-acid, 

 second-rate flavor. Early winter. Exceedingly beauti- 

 ful ; resembles Maiden's Blush, but later, and not equal 

 in quality. 



Cumberland Spice. Rather large, varying from roundish- 

 conical o long conical, the tapering sides being nearly 

 straight and not rounded ; color, waxen yellow, with a 

 slight vermillion tinge near the base ; and with black 

 specks on the surface ; stalk half to three-fourths of an 

 inch long, cavity wide, slightly russeted ; calyx open, ba- 

 sin even ; flesh yellowish-white, breaking, rather light ; 

 core hollow ; flavor mild sub-acid, with a peculiar and 

 agreeable spiciness, of good second-rate quality. This 

 has been confounded with the Ortley or White Detroit of 

 the west, but is quite distinct. Fig. 128. 



Aunt Hannah. Size medium, roundish, approaching ovate, 

 straw color, with a very pleasant mild sub-acid, fine fla- 

 vor, resembling in character the Newtown Pippin. Ori- 

 gin, Essex county, Massachusetts. 



English Golden Russet. (Syn. Golden Russet of New- 

 York.) Size medium ; roundish, usually a little oblong, 

 sometimes slightly flattened, nearly regular ; surface 

 sometimes wholly a thick russet ; and at others a thin 

 broken russet on a greenish-yellow skin ; stem slender, 

 from half an inch to an inch long, being longest on ob- 



• " the Cat's-Head's weighty orb 



Enormous of its growth." — FltiUipc- 



