THE APPLE. 



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fair, almost covered and striped with fine red over a yellowish green 

 ground, and sprinkled with small gray dots. Stalk nearly three-quarters 

 of an inch long, slender, inserted in a rather shallow, round cavity. 

 Calyx broad, closed, with few segments, set in a slightly uneven basin 

 which is but little sunk. Flesh yellowish, very juicy, tender, rich sac- 

 charine. Good. December to May or June. A valuable market 

 apple. 



Harvest Bed Streak. 



Early Red Streak. Striped Harvest. 



An old variety, origin unknown. Tree a free grower, upright, spread- 

 ing, productive. 



Fruit medium, oblate, whitish, striped and splashed with two shades 

 of red. Flesh white, coarse, tender, juicy, brisk subacid. Valuable for 

 cooking. August and September. 



Harvey. 

 Doctor Harvey. 

 One of the oldest of English Apples. 



Fruit large, roundish oval, greenish yellow, with russet tracings. 

 Flesh whitish, firm, brisk subacid. Good for cooking. October to 

 January. (Lind.) 



Harvey's Pippin. 



Dredge's Beauty of Wilts. 



Of English origin. Hogg says : — " Tree a free grower and excellent 

 bearer." 



Fruit medium, roundish, yellow, washed with fine red, and marked 

 with crimson dots. Flesh firm, crisp, juicy, rich. December to Feb- 

 ruary. 



Harvey's Wiltshire Defiance. 



This Apple is described by Hogg as very handsome and of first-rate 

 quality. 



Fruit very large, conical, distinctly five-ribbed, yellow, with many 

 minute russety dots, and some patches of russet. Flesh yellowish, firm, 

 crisp, juicy, sugary, vinous. Core very small. October to January. 



Haskell Sweet. 

 Sassafras Sweet. 



Origin, farm of Deacon Haskell, Ipswich, Mass. Tree vigorous, up- 

 right, spreading and productive. Young wood light grayish brown. 



Fruit medium or above, oblate. Color greenish yellow, sometimes 

 with a blush. Stalk short, inserted in a rather broad, deep cavity. 

 Calyx closed. Basin broad and large, of medium depth. Flesh yellow- 

 ish, tender, juicy, very sweet, rich, aromatic. Yery good to best. Sep- 

 tember, October. 



