138 THE APPLE. 
Earty CHANDLER, 
_ Fruit medium or small, roundish. Skin mostly shaded and 
striped with fine red on yellow ground. Stem short,in a regular 
cavity. Calyx closed, in a large basin. Flesh yellowish, tender, 
juicy, with a pleasant sub-acid flavour. Fine for cooking, too 
acid foi eating. August. 
Earty Lone Stem? - 
Early Spice. 
Origin unknown. Specimens received from Henry Avery, 
Burlington, Iowa. ; : 
Fruit small, oblong, conical, slightly ribbed. Skin greenish 
yellow. Stem long, slender, in a large cavity, slightly russeted. 
Calyx closed, basin shallow, corrugated. Flesh white, tender, 
juicy, slightly aromatic, subacid. August. 
Earty STRAWBERRY APPLE. 
American Red Juneating? _ 
Red Juneating, erroneously, of some American gardens. 
A beautiful variety, which is said to have originated in the 
neighbourhood of New-York, "nd appears in the markets there 
from July till September. .It is quite distinct from the. Early 
Red Margaret, which has no fragrance, and a short stem 
Fruit round- at 
ish, narrowing 
towards the eye. 
Skin smooth and. 
fair, finely striped 
and stained with 
bright and dark 
red, on a yellow- 
ish white ground. 
Stalk an inch 
and a half long, 
rather — slender 
and uneven, in- 
serted in a deep 
cavity. Calyx 
rather small, in a 
shallow, narrow 
basin. Flesh 
white, slightly 
tinged with red 
next the skin, 
tender, subacid, 
and very spright- ; 
ly and brisk in Early Strawberry. 
flavour, with an agreeable aroma. 
