12 DESCRIPTIONS 



4. WILLIAM'S FAVORITE (Ma?in.ing). 



Fruit above (he medium size, imsymmetrical or one side more perfectly developed than 

 the other, oblong. Stem rather long and slender, and set in a shallow depression. Calyx 

 set in a narrow angular depression, with the leaves connivent. Fair with a smooth skin, 

 light red, but deepened upon the sunny side. Flesh yellowish : taste subacid and agree- 

 able. 

 It is supposed to have originated in Roxbury, Massachusetts. It bears well, and its fruit 



is in eating from the last of July to the first of September. It is recommended as well 



worthy of cultivation. 



5. RED CALVILLE. 



Calville d'Ele, Duhamel. CalvilU Rouge d'Ete, No. 131 Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 



Fruit medium size, elongated : sides ridged : crown narrow and ridged. Stem short, 

 thickish, and set in a rather deep cavity. Calyx set in a narrow ridged depression. Skin 

 pale red, shaded with deeper stripes on the sunny side. Flesh white, slightly tinged red 

 next the core, not very juicy. 

 Ripens in August, but continues into September in England. 



6. LONGVILLE'S KERNEL (Thompson). 



Sam's Crab. 



Fruit below the medium size, flattened. Stem short, inserted into a deep excavation. Color 

 greenish yellow, and ornamented with pale brown and reddish stripes. Fruit inferior to 

 many well known kinds. August and September. 



Order II. Breadth gTeater than the height. 

 B. Ends unequal. 

 7. BOROVITSKY (Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 94). 

 Fruit of a medium size, and angular. Color on the shaded side pale green, but ornamented 

 on the sunny side w .th crimson red stripes. Stem rather long, and set in a rather deep 

 wide depression. Calyx placed in a deep plaited depression. Flesh white, firm, juicy, 

 and ripe by the middle of August. 

 It is of Russian origin, as its name implies. It is regarded as a valuable apple. 



8. BENONI. 

 Fruit of a medium size, round. Color deep red. Flesh yellowish and tender. Taste 

 agreeably subacid. Ripens in August. 

 Originated in Dedham, Mass. 



