THE APPLE. 109 
with light red, striped and splashed with deeper red, and richly . 
shaded with carmine on the sunny side, covered with a ligkt 
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Vandevere of New York. 
bloom, and sprinkled with peculiar grey specks. Stalk short, in- 
serted in a wide cavity. Calyx small, closed, set in a regular 
basin of moderate depth. Flesh yellow, crisp, tender, with a 
rich, sprightly, vinous flavour, scarcely sub-acid. October to 
February. 
