WESTERN NOTES OE APPLES. 



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oblate, conic, oblique ; color greenish yellow, some mixed 

 and splashed with dark red, some russet ; dots small, 

 numerous, russet ; stem rather long, slender ; cavity 

 rather narrow, deep, russeted ; calyx very large, open ; 

 segments large, fleshy, being part of the fruit, five in 



Fig. 2. The York Imperial. 



number, distinctly divided and inclined inward ; 

 basin wide, deep, with prominent protuberances ; 

 core small, solid ; carpels nearly wanting, closed ; 

 seeds few or none, medium-sized, ovate, dark brown ; 

 flesh yellowish white, firm, juicy, mild, sprightly sub- 

 acid ; quality good ; season, April until September ; 

 a very long keeper ; origin. Western Virginia, near 

 Bucannon, on French Creek. The seed cells of this 

 apple are below in the calyx, as shown in the cut ; 



great curiosity. We scarcely think this the same apple 

 described in the January number of The American 

 Garden, although it possesses many of the same char- 

 acteristics.* 



Adam and Ei'c, Fig. 4. Fruit below medium ; form 

 roundish oblate conic, double, perfectly 

 united, one larger than the other ; color 

 bright yellow, covered, mixed and splash- 

 ed with bright rosy red, very handsome 

 and attractive ; dots small, numerous, 

 distinct, gray : stem long, stout, double 

 below ; cavity wide, deep ; two calyxs 

 separated, closed ; segments long, erect ; 

 basins very narrow and shallow, or none ; 

 cores double, open ; carpels large, hol- 

 low ; seeds small, angular, long, dark 

 brown ; flesh yellowish white, stained be- 

 neath the skin, tender, juicy, sprightly, 

 pleasant sub-acid ; quality very good ; 

 season, winter ; said to be hardy and a 



Fig. 5. The Benham Apple. 



few, if any above in the core. This apple we received 

 in 1876 at the Centennial, at Philadelphia, from Mr. 

 Lysander Barrett, of Smicksburg, Indi ana county. Pa. 

 We did not at the time consider it of very much value 

 except it might be a long keeper, and was certainly a 



Adam and Eve. 



good bearer. A seedling originated by Joseph Rymal, 

 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, of whom I received 

 specimens in 1876, at the Centennial, Philadelphia. 

 He said the tree uniformly bore the same kind of ap- 

 ples. A large plate of them were exhibited that were 

 very much admired for their great beauty, as well as 

 for their singularity. 



Bimliani, Fig. 5. Fruit medium to large : form ob- 

 late, compressed, slightly angular and irregular ; 

 color deep yellow, covered, mixed and splashed with 

 light and deep bright, rich red, very handsome ; 

 dots small, scattered, light and gray ; stem short, 

 slender ; cavity wide, deep russeted ; calyx large, open ; 

 segments short, erect ; basin very wide and rather shal- 

 low, irregular, furrowed ; core medium, compact ; car- 

 pels small, slightly hollow : seeds small, plump, ovate, 



* It is to be observed that this apple comes from the same part}' as 

 the one recorded by Mr. Fuller in the first American literature of the 

 hloomless apple, and it is undoubtedly therefoi'e the same. See 

 American Garden, Jan., 1S90, p. 7. — Ed. Am. G. 



