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THE APPLE. 



Gabriel. 

 Ladies' Blush. 

 Tree of rather slender growth, productive. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate, whitish green, shaded and splashed 

 with crimson, and sprinkled with gray dots. Stalk medium, inserted in 

 a cavity of moderate depth. Calyx partially closed, set in a moderate 

 uneven basin. Flesh yellowish, tender, juicy, rich subacid. Core small. 

 Good to very good. October and November. 



Gaesdonker Gold Reinette. 

 A German dessert Apple. 



Fruit below medium, oblate, golden yellow, reddish cheek in sun, 

 and some russet. Calyx partially closed, with long, pointed segments. 

 Flesh yellowish, fine, fii^m, juicy, rich aromatic subacid. December to 

 March. (Hogg.) 



Ganges. 



Fruit pretty large, oblong, green, with red in the sun. Flesh yel- 

 lowish, subacid. Cooking. (Lind.) 



Garden. 



Originated with Hezekiah Ellis, in Spottsylvania Co., Ya. 



Fruit small, oblate, yellow, shaded, splashed, and striped with two 

 shades of red nearly over the whole surface, moderately sprinkled with 

 light and gray dots. Stalk long, slender. Cavity medium, thinly russet- 

 ed. Calyx closed. Segments rather long, partially recurved. Basin 

 abrupt, slightly corrugated. Flesh white, a little stained next the skin, 

 crisp, juicy, mild subacid. Good to very good. November, December. 



Warder, in his American Pomology, page 435, describes a Garden 

 Apple, and gives at the same time Garden Royal as a synonym, which 

 latter must be erroneous, as there is a distinct fruit under that name. 

 Warder's description is as follows : 



Fruit pretty large, roundish flat, regular. Surface smooth, yellow- 

 ish green, slightly shaded red, scattered stripes carmine, dots minute 

 black. Basin wide, regular, small, closed. Cavity deep, acute, regu- 

 lar, green. Stem short to medium, sometimes knobby. Core wide, 

 closed or open, regular, clasping the eye. Flesh pale yellow or whitish, 

 tender, fine-grained, juicy, subacid, aromatic, saccharine, agreeable. 

 August to October. 



Garden. 

 Comstock's Garden. 

 Origin uncertain. Tree moderately vigorous, productive. 

 Fruit medium size, roundish oblate. Skin whitish, nearly covered 

 with narrow stripes of light and dark red, and thickly sprinkled with 

 conspicuous light dots. Stalk short and slender. Calyx nearly closed. 

 Basin medium, slightly furrowed. Flesh white tinged with red, not 

 very tender, but valuable as a cooking fruit. September, October. 



Garden Royal. 



Originated on the farm of Bowker, Sudbury, Mass. Tree of 



