THE APPLE. 



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Gros Yert. 

 Large Green. 



Of foreign origin. Tree vigorous, spreading, productive. 



Fruit medium, oblate ; skin greenish yellow, covered with a few 

 rather obscure green and grayish dots ; stalk rather short, moderately 

 stout ; cavity quite large, russet ; calyx closed ; basin medium, slightly 

 corrugated; flesh pale yellow, half fine, tender, juicy, pleasant subacid; 

 good to very good ; core small. January, March. 



Hannah. 



Originated with Joseph Curtis, of Manchester, O. Tree hardy, 

 vigorous, upright at first, but spreading when in bearing ; an annual, 

 moderate bearer. 



Fruit roundish oblate conic, slightly angular ; skin pale dull green- 

 ish yellow, striped, splashed and mottled over half the surface with light 

 red, and moderately sprinkled with large and small white dots, a few 

 being areole ; stalk short, small ; cavity large, deep ; calyx small, 

 closed ; basin small, corrugated ; flesh greenish white, fine, tender, 

 juicy, mild subacid, almost sweet ; good to very good ; core small. 

 November, December. 



Hatcher. 

 Hatcher's Seedling". 



Originated on the farm of the late O. C. Hatcher, near Franklin, 

 Tenn. Tree an upright thrifty grower, not an early bearer, but pro- 



Hatclier. 



duces good crops annually ; a late keeper, and one of the most popular 

 apples in Middle Tennessee. 



