APPENDIX TO APPLES. 



174. BENTLEY'S SWEET. Fig. (iS. 



Fruit of the medium size, or greater; 

 elongated. Length and breadth sub- 

 equal ; unsymmetrical. Stem long, 

 stout, projecting, deeply inserted. De- 

 pression deep and capacious, and slight- 

 ly ridged ; calyx large, of a medium 

 depth ; sides of the crown unequal. 

 Color red, striped or blotched upon a 

 yellow ground. Core firm ; seeds nu- 

 merous, filling the chambers ; large, 

 obovate, accuminate pointed. Flesh 

 yellowish, firm, tender, juicy, flavor 

 pleasant, taste sweet. Winter ; keep- 

 ing till March. This apple is recom- 

 mended, and is regarded as worthy of 

 Cultivation. 

 Transactions of the Ohio Fruit Growers, page 30, 1848. 



175. ADAM'S PEARMAIN. 



Fruit above the medium size ; conical. Color grayish yellow, russetty ; sunny side deeper 

 yellow and salmon, faintly striped. Flesh yellowish, fine, crisp. Saccharine, with an 

 aromatic flavor. English. 



176. HUBBARD'S PEARMAIN. (Hort. Trans. Lond. vol. iv. p. 68.) 

 Fruit below the medium size ; small, circular. Color yellowish green, with and without 

 russet, and partly striped with pale red on the sunny side. Flesh yellowish, firm, sweet, 

 rich, and perfumed. 



