OF WINTER APPLES. 9 * 



Class III. Russet or semi-russet. 



Order I. Height and breadth equal or subequal. 



A. Ends equal or subequal. 



149. AROMATIC RUSSET. 

 Fruit of the medium size, depressed. Color green, spread with a thin gray russeting ; 

 sunny side enlivened with a dull red. Stem very short, deeply inserted. Flesh greenish 

 white, crisp, firm, saccharine, perfumed. Tree productive and hardy. English. 



150. KNOBBY RUSSET. 



Fruit of the medium size, depressed. Color formed of a mixture of yellow and green. 

 Stem short, deeply inserted. Skin deformed with superficial russetty warts. Flesh yel- 

 lowish, crisp, rather dry, sweet and high flavored. Tree hardy and productive. Apple 

 keeps till May. English. 



151. SIELY'S MIGNOME. 



Pride of the Ditches. 



Fruit rather small, subcircular. Color gray, netted russet and bright yellow. Stem rather 

 short, slender, exsert; base often fleshy. Flesh greenish yellow, crisp, tender, juicy, 

 saccharine, aromatic, and of fine flavor. Keeps till February. English. 



B. Ends unequal. 



152. ASHMEAD'S KERNEL. 

 Fruit rather small, elongated, subcircular or subangular ; angles extending from the base 

 to the crown. Stem exsert, slender. Color, pale brownish gray russet, spread upon a 

 greenish ground, the exposed side brownish orange. Flesh firm and crisp, juicy, flavor 

 excellent, aromatic. Keeps till May. Tree hardy. 



