. American pomology : Apples. Apples. CLASS I. FLAT APPLES.—L II. II. 453 specimens are slightly angular ; the surface is very smooth, a greenish waxen yellow, more or less shaded with mixed light red, upon whfch are laid numerous stripes and broken splashes of rich, dark carmine; Dots minute, scattered, gray. Basin abrupt, regular, or folded ; Eye small, closed. Cavity deep, regular, sometimes brown ; Stem medium or short. Core medium or wide, regular, closed, meeting the eye ; Seeds numerous, plump, sometimes imperfect; Flesh white,. very tender, juicy ; Flavor mild sub-acid, quite aromatic,
. American pomology : Apples. Apples. CLASS I. FLAT APPLES.—L II. II. 453 specimens are slightly angular ; the surface is very smooth, a greenish waxen yellow, more or less shaded with mixed light red, upon whfch are laid numerous stripes and broken splashes of rich, dark carmine; Dots minute, scattered, gray. Basin abrupt, regular, or folded ; Eye small, closed. Cavity deep, regular, sometimes brown ; Stem medium or short. Core medium or wide, regular, closed, meeting the eye ; Seeds numerous, plump, sometimes imperfect; Flesh white,. very tender, juicy ; Flavor mild sub-acid, quite aromatic, very agreeable ; Use especially for the table, as a highly ornamental dessert fruit, for which its extreme delicacy adapts it, while the same quality unfits it for general mar- ket purposes; Quality very good ; in its season of ripen- ing, in its beautifully white and tender flesh, and in its perfumed flavor, this fruit resembles the Fameuse^ from which it may have been Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Warder, J. A. (John Aston), 1812-1883. New York : Orange Judd and company
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