THE APPLE. 



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Castle Major. 

 An English cooking Apple. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate, greenish yellow, with white specks. 

 Flesh firm, juicy, brisk, acid. January to April. (Lind.) 



Catface. 



From Kentucky. 



Fruit large, conical, truncated, greenish yellow, with streaks of red. 

 Flesh white, tender, brisk, subacid. Good. February, March. 



Cathead Sweet. 

 Tree hardy, good bearer. 



Fruit large, roundish conic, greenish yellow, slight blush. Flesh 

 white, tender, sweet, not rich. Good. October. 



Catline. 

 Gregson Apple. 



Origin, Maryland. Tree of slow growth, very productive, much 

 esteemed in the lower part of Delaware. Below medium size, oblate, 

 yellow, bright red cheek, with stripes. Flesh tender, rich, juicy, and 

 sweet. Good. October to December. 



There is also a White Catline, which is smaller in size, oblate, green- 

 ish white, and maturing in September and October. It is juicy, tender, 

 pleasant. Good. 



Catshead. 



Round Catshead. Cathead Greening. 



A very large Apple, cultivated for drying in some parts of the coun- 

 try, but of little other value except as a cooking apple. 



Fruit of the largest size, round, quite smooth, pale green. Flesh 

 tender, with a subacid juice. Good. October and November. 



Cato. 



Origin, probably Maryland. 



Fruit small, oblate, white shaded, and splashed with bright red, 

 deep in sun, few light dots. Flesh white, often stained next the 

 skin, tender, sprightly, subacid. Good. January to March. 



Catooga. 



Corbin. Cattoogaja. Cuttugaja. 



A Southern variety. 



Fruit large, roundish, sides unequaj, yellow, with brown dots. 

 Flesh whitish yellow, tender, juicy, subacid. Good. Cooking fruit. 

 November. 



Catwood. 



Origin, Ulster Co., N. Y. Only valued as a keeper. 

 Fruit medium, oblate. Skin bright yellow, with a tinge of red on 

 the sunny side. Stalk rather long, in a broad, shallow cavity. Calyx 



