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THE APPLE. 



moderately sprinkled with light and gray dots; stalk short; cavity 

 large, deep ; calyx closed ; basin of medium size, slightly corrugated ; 

 flesh whitish, half fine, crisp, tender, juicy, sprightly subacid ; good to 

 very good ; core medium ; ripens from the middle of July to the middle 

 of September. 



Stayman's Summer. 



Originated on the grounds of Dr. J. Stayman, Leavenworth, Kan- 

 sas. Tree hardy, vigorous, spreading, irregular, tough, wixy, droops 

 like a weeping willow with ropes of fruit, never breaking a limb ; an 

 early bearer and very productive, very nearly equal to Benoni and Sum- 

 mer Pearmain, and handsomer. 



Fruit medium, round, regular, approaching conic ; skin smooth, 

 greenish yellow, splashed and striped with red and purple, covered with 

 a white bloom ; dots small, gray, scattered ; stem medium, rather slen- 

 der ; cavity narrow, deep, irregular, russeted ; eye very small, closed ; 

 basin narrow, shallow, furrowed ; core small, slightly open ; flesh green- 

 ish white, very juicy, brittle, sprightly, high flavored, mild acid ; very 

 good ; use, kitchen, table, and market. August, September. — ( Western 

 Nomologist.) 



Stribling. 



Originated with the late William Stribling, Medon, Tenn. Tree a 

 good grower, rather upright, forming a regular round head; an early 

 annual and abundant bearer ; young shoots reddish brown. 



stribling. 



Fruit medium, oblate, slightly angular ; skin whitish, neajly covered 

 with stripes and splashes of light and dark rich red — some of the 



