
                                                            No 49
Catline Apple

A large sized Catline

[sketch of apple]

The Catline is a small apple of a flat shape
with a beautiful bright streaked red color on the side
next the Sun and a yellow on the other, with
many dark spots scattered over the surface.
The flesh is when ripe of a pale yellow, tender, crisp juicy rich and pleasant
and sweet.  As an eating apple there are few equal
to it in the month of October <s>and</s> November & December.  It
is also cultivated as a Cider apple in Maryland
& Delaware. The tree grows very handsomely, the
head round & regular in its form with straight
and delicate shoots, the foliage green and lively.
General Robinson says it is the best apple for fall cider
but will not do for bottling.  The Catline apples were
in full bearing in 1810 being 7 years from planting the
orchard several trees bore fully in 6 years -- planted the
orchard Nov. 1803
        