The fruits and fruit-trees of America; . deep; flesh whitish,fine, tender, juicy, very pleasant subacid, slightly aromatic and verygood quality; core small or medium. Ripens in September andkeeps well. Maky Womack. John W. Walker, of Anchorage, Ky., who sends specimens ofthis apple, writes that it is a chance seedling on the farm ofGeorge Womack, near Middletown, Ky., and named for his wifeby the Kentucky Horticultural Society. It is evidently a seedlingof the Rambo, the color, form of fruit, and habit of the tree in-dicate it, yet it is a mild sweet apple of first quality; it ripens inKentuck
The fruits and fruit-trees of America; . deep; flesh whitish,fine, tender, juicy, very pleasant subacid, slightly aromatic and verygood quality; core small or medium. Ripens in September andkeeps well. Maky Womack. John W. Walker, of Anchorage, Ky., who sends specimens ofthis apple, writes that it is a chance seedling on the farm ofGeorge Womack, near Middletown, Ky., and named for his wifeby the Kentucky Horticultural Society. It is evidently a seedlingof the Rambo, the color, form of fruit, and habit of the tree in-dicate it, yet it is a mild sweet apple of first quality; it ripens inKentucky in August and September, or just after the Porter andGravenstein. Tree a thrifty grower, bears full crops on alternateyears, and a moderate crop intervening. Fruit medium, oblate, somewhat depressed, nearly regular; skin 96 THE APPLE. whitish, faintly striped and splashed with pale and bright red whereexposed to the sun, and thickly sprinkled with small and large ir-regular brown dots; stalk short, rather small; cavity large, deep, a. Mary Womack. little uneven; calyx small, closed; basin large, saucer-like form,slightly corrugated; flesh whitish yellow, half fine, tender, moder-ately juicy, mild rich sweet; quality very good; core medium. Mercer. The origin of this apple appears to be unknown. W. H. Lewis,of Pike County, Miss., writes that it was obtained by the late Jere-miah Smith, a successful fruit-grower on Bogue Chitto River, from aBaptist minister by the name of Mercer, many years ago, but wherehe procured the grafts is not known. It is more highly esteemedwhere known than any apple ripening at the same season. Tree athrifty, strong, upright grower, forming a round head; an early andabundant bearer nearly every year. Fruit medium, oblate, nearly regular; skin whitish, shaded andstreaked with light and dark red rather thinly over half or more ofthe surface, and a few light dots; stalk short, small; cavity ratherlarge, slightly russetted; calyx large, open; basin large,
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