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DESCRIPTIONS 
39. WHITE VANDERVERE Plate 24, fig. 1. Fig. 15. 
Fruit of the medium size, 
depressed and eccentric. 
Color pale golden yellow 
and ornamented with faint 
stripes of crimson, spread¬ 
ing over a large part of 
the apple. • Calyx rather 
large and the tube nearly 
open to the core. Stem 
rather thick and short, 
unprojecting, fleshy in 
the middle, and inserted 
in an eccenctric depres¬ 
sion. Flesh yellowish 
white, subacid, pleasant, 
inclining to sweet. 
Inis apple becomes rather mealy, or is past eating early in November; yet it is a fine 
apple for the desert, and is worth cultivating. It is characterized by its eccentric form or 
lateral compression. 
40. DUCHESS OF OLDENBURGH ( Thomson ). 
Fruit of the medium size; form symmetrical, fair and smooth. Calyx rather large, deep; 
depression without plaits. Color yellow, finely worked and striped with red. Flesh 
rich, juicy. 
Excellent apple of Russian origin ; ripens in September. 
41. BEAUTY OF KENT [Forsyth). 
Fruit of the medium size or greater, irregular in form or unsymmetrical, subangular ; crown 
contracted. Calyx rather small, closed. Stem short, slender, deep in a funnel-shaped 
depression. Color yellowish green, mottled with dull or dingy red ; bright red on the 
sunny side. Flesh firm, yellowish, crisp, juicy, pleasant. Keeps until christmas. 
According to English authorities, is a very fine apple and withal beautiful. 
