134 THE APPLE. 
there. Tree thrifty and productive, a late keeper. Fruit 
above medium, oblong, or conic, angular, skin yellow sprink- 
led, shaded, and splashed with crimson. Stem short, in a_mo- 
derate cavity. Calyx large, closed, basin shallow, uneven. Flesh 
yellowish, juicy, tender, slightly aromatic, agreeably sub-acid, 
January to April. e 
Derroir Brack. 
Crimson Pippin. Grand Sachem. 
A showy, large, dark, blood-red fruit, but rather coarse, and 
scarcely worth cultivation. Fruit very large, roundish, distinctly 
ribbed, and irregular in its outline. Stalk short and strong, and 
calyx set in a well marked basin. Skin smooth, deep, dingy 
red, over the whole surface. Flesh white, rather dry, and with- 
out much flavour. September. 
Derror Rep. 
Detroit. Black apple of some. ‘Large black. 
This fruit, commonly known in Western New-York and 
Michigan as the Detroit, is supposed to have been brought to 
the neighbourhood of Detroit by early French settlers, and 
thence disseminated. 
Fruit of medium or rather large size, roundish, somewhat 
conical. Stalk three-fourths of an inch long, planted in a deep 
cavity. Skin pretty thick, smooth, and glossy, bright crimson 
at first, but becoming dark blackish. purple at maturity, some- 
what dotted and marbled with specks. of fawn colour on the 
sunny side. Calyx closed, set in a shallow plaited basin. Flesh 
white, (sometimes stained with red to the core in exposed spe- 
sai crisp, juicy, of agreeable, sprightly, sub-acid flavour. 
October to February. ; 
DevonsairE QuarrenpEN. Thom. P. Mag. Fors. 
Red Quarrenden.—Lind. Sack Apple. 
An English fruit, scarcely of medium size, roundish, flattened, 
and slightly narrowed at the eye. Skin rich deep crimson, 
with lighter crimson, sprinkled with numerous green dots. 
Flesh nearly white, crisp, juicy, with a pleasant sub-acid flavour, 
Ripe during all August and September. 
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. Diinenam. 
Raised by D. C. Richmond, of Sandusky, Ohio. Tree mo- 
derately vigorous, productive, and particularly excellent for 
baking. 
Fruit, medium, roundish, inclining to conic. Skin greenish- 
