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DESCRIPTIONS 



39. WHITE VANDERVERE Plate 24, fig. 1. Fig. 15. 



Fruit of the medium size, 

 depressed and eccentric. 

 Color pale golden yellow 

 and ornamented with faint 

 stripes of crimson, spread- 

 ing over a large part of 

 I he apple. Calyx rather 

 large and the tube nearly 

 open to the core. Stein 

 rather thick and short, 

 unprojecting, fleshy in 

 the middle, and inserted 

 in an eccenctric depres- 

 sion. Flesh yellowish 

 white, subacid, pleasant, 

 inclining to sweet. 



This apple becomes rather mealy, or is past eating early in November ; yet it is a fine 

 apple for the desert, and is worth cultivating. It is characterized by its eccentric form or 

 lateral compression. 



40. DUCHESS OF OLDENBURGH (Thompson). 

 Fruit of the medium size ; form symmetrical, fair and smooth. Calyx rather large, deep ; 

 depression without plaits. Color yellow, finelv worked and striped with red. Flesh 

 rich, juicy. 

 Excellent apple of Russian origin ; ripens in September. 



41. BEAUTY OF KENT (Forsyth). 

 Fruit of the medium size or greater, irregular in form or unsymmetrical, subangular ; crown 

 contracted. Calyx rather small, closed. Stem short, slender, deep in a funnel-shaped 

 depression. Color yellowish green, mottled with dull or dingy red ; bright red on the 

 sunny side. Flesh firm, yellowish, crisp, juicy, pleasant. Keeps until christmas. 

 According to English authorities, is a very fine apple and withal beautiful. 



