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DESCRIPTIONS 
4. WILLIAM’S FAVORITE (Manning). 
Fruit above the medium size, unsymmetrical or one side more perfectly developed than 
the other, oblong. Stem rather long and slender, and set in a shallow depression. Calyx 
set in a narrow angular depression, with the leaves connivent. Fair with a smooth skin, 
light red, but deepened upon the sunny side. Flesh yellowish : taste subacid and agree¬ 
able. 
It is supposed to have originated in Roxbury, Massachusetts. It bears well, and its fruit 
is in eating from the last of July to the first of September. It is recommended as well 
worthy of cultivation. 
5. RED CALVILLE. 
Colville d ' Elc , Duhahei. Colville Rouge d ’ Ete , No. 131 Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 
Fruit medium size, elongated : sides ridged : crown narrow and ridged. Stem short, 
thickish, and set in a rather deep cavity. Calyx set in a narrow ridged depression. Skin 
pale red, shaded with deeper stripes on the sunny side. Flesh white, slightly tinged red 
next the core, not very juicy. 
Ripens in August, but continues into September in England. 
6. LONGVILLE’S KERNEL (Thompson). 
Sam’s Crab. 
Fruit below the medium size, flattened. Stem short, inserted into a deep excavation. Color 
greenish yellow, and ornamented with pale brown and reddish stripes. Fruit inferior to 
many well known kinds. August and September. 
Order II. Breadth greater than the height. 
B. Ends unequal. 
7. BOROVITSKY (Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 94). 
Fruit of a medium size, and angular. Color on the shaded side pale green, but ornamented 
on the sunny side with crimson red stripes. Stem rather long, and set in a rather deep 
wide depression. Calyx placed in a deep plaited depression. Flesh white, firm, juicy, 
and ripe by the middle of August. 
It is of Russian origin, as its name implies. It is regarded as a valuable apple. 
8. BENONI. 
Fruit of a medium size, round. Color deep red. Flesh yellowish and tender. Taste 
agreeably subacid. Ripens in August. 
Originated in Dedham, Mass. 
