. American pomology : apples . Apples. 498 DESCEIPnONS OF APPLES. Fruit medium, roundish-conic, regular; Surface smooth, pale yellow; Dots numerous, min\ite, white. Basin shallow, regular, folded ; Eve large, closed or open. Cavity wide, sliallow, regular; Stem long, slender. Core rather large, regular, open, meeting the eye ; Seeds numerous, angular; Flesh yellow, fine graineil, tender; Flavor veiy sweet, rich; Qurdity very good; Use, baking and stock; Season, October to December. S^hockley. Origin Jackson County, Georgia. This long-keeper from the South promises to be an acquisition of Talue
. American pomology : apples . Apples. 498 DESCEIPnONS OF APPLES. Fruit medium, roundish-conic, regular; Surface smooth, pale yellow; Dots numerous, min\ite, white. Basin shallow, regular, folded ; Eve large, closed or open. Cavity wide, sliallow, regular; Stem long, slender. Core rather large, regular, open, meeting the eye ; Seeds numerous, angular; Flesh yellow, fine graineil, tender; Flavor veiy sweet, rich; Qurdity very good; Use, baking and stock; Season, October to December. S^hockley. Origin Jackson County, Georgia. This long-keeper from the South promises to be an acquisition of Talue for market orchards, unless its small size may make an ob- jection. Tree vigorous, very productive. .Fruit medium to small, conic, trun- cated,regular; Sur- face very smooth, waxen yellow,mar- bled or blushe'd scarlet and crim- son ; Dots scatter- ed, minute, gray; Bas'n shallow, plaited; Eye small, closed. Cavity acute, deep, regular; Stem slender, long. Core long heart- shaped, closed, meeting the eye; Seeds numerous, plump, dark; Flesh yellow, fine grained; Flavor mildly sub-acid, rich, saccharine, agreeable; Quality very good; Use, des- sert ; Season, March to Jime; a good keeper. STveet Pear. The origin of this fruit is uncertain; the specimens were obtained in the orchard of H. P. Kimball, and his father-. Fig. 141.— 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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