THE APPLE. 



389 



Co., N. Y. Tree a good grower, productive of fruit uniformly even in 

 size, and valuable as a market sort. 



Fruit medium size, roundish oblate, pale yellow, with broken lines 

 and splashes of deep crimson, shaded and marbled intermediate, mouldy 

 bloom, light gray dots. Stalk short. Cavity deep. Calyx with almost 

 erect segments. Basin deep. Flesh white, crisp, tender, breaking, 

 slightly acid, pleasant. Good. Core small. Seeds broad, pointed. 

 Season, early September. (Rural New Yorker.) 



Tyroler Pippin. 

 Reinette der Tyrol. 



A Swiss Apple. 



Fruit small to medium, roundish, yellow, with dull red, broken 

 stripes in the sun. Flesh white, veined with green, firm, sugary. Win- 

 ter. (Yerg.) 



Uncle John. 



Origin, Eastern Pennsylvania. Tree a strong, upright grower, pro- 

 ductive. 



Fruit medium, oblate oblique, whitish, shaded with light, and 

 splashed and striped with dark red or lake, thickly sprinkled with large 

 light dots. Stalk short and small. Calyx closed. Flesh quite white, 

 tender, juicy, mild subacid. Good to very good. Core small. Novem- 

 ber, December. 



Unique. 



A French Apple. 



Fruit medium, oblong conic, ribbed, pale yellow, lightly shaded in 

 the sun with red, and thickly sprinkled with small gray and light dots. 

 Stalk short. Cavity medium. Calyx small, closed. Segments short to 

 a point. Basin small, abrupt. Flesh white, firm, moderately juicy, 

 subacid. Good. Core small. November, December. 



Union. 



Originated in the County of Way, la. Tree a good bearer. 

 Fruit medium, roundish oblong conical, yellow, with pale red stripes. 

 January. (Lewis Jones' MS.) 



Updegraff. 

 From Pennsylvania. Tree vigorous, spreading. 



Fruit medium, oblate or roundish oblate, inclining to conic, pale 

 yellow, shaded, splashed, and striped with light and dark red, darkest in 

 sun, few areole dots. Stalk slender, Calyx large, open, or partially 

 closed. Basin corrugated. Flesh white, tender, juicy, pleasant sub- 

 acid. Core small. Good. November. 



Utter. 



A popular Apple in Wisconsin and some other Western sections. 

 Tree a regular bearer, and hardy. 



