THE APPLE. 



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ESTEN. 



Origin, Hhode Island. Tree vigorous, productive. 



Fruit large, roundish, slightly ribbed, smooth, yellow, sometimes 

 with a blush. Dots large, green and light. Flesh yellowish, crisp, juicy, 

 slightly aromatic, mild subacid. Good. November. 



Etoile. 



Calville Etoille. Reinette Etoile. 



Origin supposed Holland. Tree vigorous, very productive. 



Fruit large, roundish oblate, rich red, with gray shade, and many 

 gray dots. Flesh white, veined with red, tender, sugary, slightly acid. 

 November to February. (Alb. Pom.) 



Eustis. 

 Ben Apple. 



Origin, South Reading, Mass. Moderate grower, a good bearer. 



Fruit rather large, roundish oblate, slightly conic, yellow, striped and 

 shaded with fine red, and sprinkled with greenish dots. Stalk medium, 

 inserted in a deep cavity, surrounded by russet. Calyx partially open. 

 Basin narrow, rather deep. Flesh yellowish, firm, crisp, mild subacid. 

 Very good. November to J anuary. 



Evening Party. 



Origin, Berks Co., Pa. Tree vigorous, roundish, upright spread- 

 ing, with slender branches. Young shoots dark grayish brown, many 

 small dots. 



The fruit hangs well to the tree, and the foliage remains until 

 quite late. 



Evening Party. 



Fruit small or medium, oblate, sides often unequal, yellow, chiefly 

 shaded, splashed, and striped with red, becoming dark red in the sun, 



