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THE APPLE. 



Keeping Russet. 



This is a dessert Apple described by Hogg as of first quality. 



Fruit medium, roundish, pale yellowish brown russet, with a red 

 cheek in the sun. Flesh yellow, firm, juicy, rich mellow flavor. Oc- 

 tober, January. 



Keim. 



Origin, Berks Co., Pa. Tree moderately vigorous. Young shoots 

 reddish brown. 



Fruit small to medium, oblate. Color light waxen yellow, thickly 

 sprinkled with light russet dots. Stalk long, slender, in a broad, shallow 

 cavity. Calyx closed. Basin shallow and uneven. Flesh white, tender, 

 crisp, fine, brisk, delicate aromatic subacid. Very good. December to 

 March. 



Keiser. 

 Red Seek-no-Further. 



An old variety, much grown in Jefferson Co., Ohio, and highly 

 prized ; growth of tree like Rarnbo. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate, slightly oblique, angular. Skin pale 

 yellow, shaded with red, indistinctly striped and thickly sprinkled with 

 large, grayish dots. Stalk short, inserted in a large cavity. Calyx 

 small, closed, in a broad, shallow, corrugated basin. Flesh yellowish, 

 not very juicy, but mild subacid. Good. November to February. 



Kelsey. 



Origin, Berks Co., Pa., on the premises of J ohn Kelsey. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate, sometimes inclining to conical, 

 greenish yellow, with occasionally a faint blush, and numerous gray dots. 

 Flesh tender, fine texture, greenish white, mild subacid. Good. March. 



Kelsey Sweet. 



Origin, Connecticut. Tree moderately vigorous, upright. 



Fruit medium, roundish, greenish yellow, with a tinge of brown in 

 the sun, green and gray dots. Flesh greenish white, moderately tender, 

 juicy, sweet. Good. October, November. 



Kennebec Russet. 

 From Maine. Tree vigorous, upright. 



Fruit medium, roundish conical, yellow, partially netted with russet, 

 and sprinkled with brown dots. Stalk long, slender. Calyx small, 

 closed. Flesh moderately tender, juicy, brisk subacid. Good. No- 

 vember, December. 



Kennedy's Red Winter. 



Originated in Pennsylvania. Tree an upright grower and regular 

 bearer. 



Fruit large, roundish conical yellow, shaded, splashed, and striped 



