14 DESCRIPTIONS 



It is an excellent apple, but the tree is a small bearer. It differs in form from tlie 

 Strawberry, and in the length of stem and relation of tbe height and breadth ; the latter 

 being proportionally wider, and more depressed. 



13. RED ASTRACAN [Thompson, Lindley). 



Fruit full medium or a little above medium size, fair, smooth and circular, depressed, and 

 but little narrower at the crown than at the base. Stem short and rather thick. Calyx 

 rather large, and both depressions large and deep. Color deep carmine, with only traces 

 of the yellow ground, and some russet near the stem and surface, suffused with a rich 

 bloom like that of the plum. Flesh white, crisp and juicy : taste acid and agreeable. 

 This apple was imported into England from Sweden, and from the former country here. 

 It is a splendid specimen of table fruit, and is truly worthy of cultivation. It is also strictly 

 a summer apple, ripening between the last of July and the middle of August. 



14. SUMMER QUEEN {Coze). Plate 75, fig. 1. 



Fruit large, with a wide base, from which it tapers to the crown. Color red in stripes upon 

 a fine deep yellow ground. Stem long, and inserted in a deep narrow depression. Ripe 

 in August. 

 A beautiful and excellent apple. 



15. EARLY PENNOCK. 



Fruit above the medium size. Stem about one inch long, set in a deep somewhat irregular 

 depression. Calyx medium size, and surrounded by a narrow basin and tolerably high 

 crown. Base wide, and increasing in width to the middle, from which it tapers rapidly 

 to the crown. Color greenish yellow : sunny side dashed with red or carmine. Flavor 

 subacid and pleasant, juicy. Flesh yellowish. Skin smooth. 



The apple varies in size. Its remarkable width at the middle, and its taper to the crown, 

 giving it the appearance of a wide low pyramid, is somewhat characteristic. It ripens in 

 Ohio by the 10th of August. Described in Transactions of the Ohio Nurserymen and 

 Fruit-growers Convention in 1847. It is regarded only as a second rate apple for eating, 

 but excellent for cooking. 



