The Magazine of horticulture, botany, and all useful discoveries and improvements in rural affairs . mouth. It has been called the HorseBlock apple ; but, as that name has little to recommend it tofavor, Mr. Washburn proposes to call it the Manomet apple,as Manomet Point is the prominent head of land of the Bay. Three New Varieties of Apples. 441 We fully concur in this proposition; for, although we respectall names by which a fruit may be known in the vicinitywhere it originated, yet, when such names are unmeaning orabsurd, it is desirable that they should be changed ; if this isdone when the
The Magazine of horticulture, botany, and all useful discoveries and improvements in rural affairs . mouth. It has been called the HorseBlock apple ; but, as that name has little to recommend it tofavor, Mr. Washburn proposes to call it the Manomet apple,as Manomet Point is the prominent head of land of the Bay. Three New Varieties of Apples. 441 We fully concur in this proposition; for, although we respectall names by which a fruit may be known in the vicinitywhere it originated, yet, when such names are unmeaning orabsurd, it is desirable that they should be changed ; if this isdone when the fruit is described for the first time, with theconsent of the individual who introduces it to notice, therewill be no danger of a multiplication of synonymes. The Manomet apple is one of the finest early sweet apples ;it is not so large as the Bough, but what it lacks in size ismore than made up in the beauty of its appearance; for it isfully as handsome as the Maidens Blush, having a deep yel-low skin, and a bright vermilion cheek. The tree is a vig-orous and healthy grower, and a good Fig. 43. Manomet Apple, Size, medium, about three inches broad, and two and ahalf deep : For?)!, roundish, regular, flattened at the base,narrowing slightly to the crown: Skin, very fair, smooth,lemon yellow, covered with a brilliant vermilion red on thesunny side, little traced with russet at the base of the stem,and dotted with russet specks : Stem, short, about half an inchlong, slender, straight, and inserted in a rather small shallowcavity : Eye, large, closed, and slightly depressed in a small,finely furrowed, shallow basin; segments of the calyx long: 442 Three New Varieties of Apples. Flesh, yellow, crisp, and tender : Juice, abundant, sugary,rich, and finely flavored: Core, close : Seeds, medium in August and September. 2. Garretsons Early. John Garretsons Early. Four years since, during our absence in Europe, our cor-respondent, Mr. G. R. Garretson, of Flushing, L.
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