WINTER APPLES. 187 



basin deep, irregular; flesh white, granular, tender, light, 

 "flavor faintly sub-acid, third-rate. Early winter. French. 

 Culinary. 



Winter Cheese. Medium in size ; green in the shade, 

 red in the sun ; flesh very crisp, very tender and delicate, 

 sprightly, and of a fine, pleasant flavor. One of the most 

 highly esteemed early winter apples of southern Virginia, 

 closely resembling the Fall Cheese, but a longer keeper. 

 Becomes mealy and insipid after maturity. 



Wood's Greening. Large, roundish, a little oblique, slight- 

 ly flattened, obscurely conical; pale green, smooth; stalk 

 very short, cavity acuminate ; calyx rather large, basin 

 distinct, slightly plaited ; flesh greenish white, or nearly 

 white, fine grained, slightly crisp, tender ; flavor very 

 agreeable, mild sub-acid, first-rate, but not very rich. 



Yellow Bellelower. (Syn. Bellflower, Yellow Belle- 

 fleur.) Large, often quite large, oblong-ovate, apex 

 quite narrow and conical, more or less irregular ; surface 

 pale yellow, often with a blush ; stalk slender ; basin 

 ribbed ; seeds long ; flesh very tender, fine grained, crisp, 

 juicy, acid, becoming sub-acid ; excellent. Keeps through 

 winter. Shoots yellowish, rather slender, growth of the 

 tree rather upright ; succeeds best on rather light soils. 

 Adapted to the climate of the northern and middle states, 

 as far south as Kentucky, but fails by premature dropping 

 in a few localities. More tart and less rich in cold sum- 

 mers, and far north. 



Yellow Newtown Pippin. Medium or rather large, round- 

 ish, slightly oblong and oblique, more or less flattened ; 

 yellow, with a brownish red cheek, purplish before ripe, 

 stalk very short ; flesh firm, crisp, with a rich, mild fla- 

 vor. Closely resembles the Green Newtown Pippin, and 

 believed by many to be identical, differing only by a 

 warmer exposure. It is fairer in some localities than the 

 Green, but is usually inferior to it in flavor. The growth 

 of the two varieties is only distinguished in the large 

 trees 



