OF WINTER APPLES. 



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62. VANDEKVERE. Plate 5M 



Fruit about the medium size, 

 fair, subcircular, and symmet- 

 rical ; ends nearly equal and 

 tapering from the middle. Co- 

 lor yellow, and blazed with 

 bright carmine stripes ; yel- 

 low predominating 1 at the 

 apex. Skin marked with dis- 

 tinct dots of yellow and spots 

 of yellow upon the base and 

 within the stern depression. 

 Stem short, scarcely equaling 

 the base. Depression eccen- 

 tric as well as that of the ca- 

 lyx. Calyx large. Flesh yel- 

 low, fine, juicy and crisp. 

 Few apples excel the Vander- 



vere, either for the dessert or cooking. In market it is found of variable qualities, and 



sometimes defective. 



63. WAGENER APPLE. Plate 41. 



Fruit of the medium size, or above. Subangular ; tapering from near the middle to the 

 crown. Stem rather long, deeply inserted ; depression somewhat regular ; calyx rather 

 deep ; depression round without plaits, shallow : segments of the calyx mostly closed. 

 Color carmine, obscurely striped ; deeper around the base, and greenish russet deep in 

 the stem depression: crown roughish, faintly russet, and slightly tuberculated ; with 

 faint dots of whitish ; paler on the shaded side. Flesh yellowish, tender, juicy, fine 

 grained ; subacid, aromatic. 

 The Wagener ranks among the best of the New- York winter apples, and will probably 



succeed in any part of the New-England states. 



64. WINTER KING. Plate 38. 

 Fruit of the medium size ; base broad and rather flattened. Angular, tapering rapidly 

 from the middle to the crown. Color bright crimson, showing the pale yellow ground 

 in patches. Stem equaling the base ; stout, depressed rather wide and deep. Calyx 

 medium size, placed in a small depression. Flesh yellowish white, subacid, pleasant 

 Core open and, in some instances, defective. Tree strong and productive. 

 This apple, both in outward beauty and intrinsic excellence, ranks in the first class. 

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