The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . , partially striped and splashedwith light and dark crimson nearly overthe whole surface, and pretty thicklysprinkled with small light dots ; stalk,rather short, slender, set in a large, deep,regular cavity; calyx, small, closed, seg- 264 The Horticulturist. ments small and short, coming to a point ;basin, medium, rather deep, corrugated;flesh, white, fine, sometimes a little stainednext the skin, very tender, juicy, mild,pleasant, subacid; flavor, very good orbest; core, rather large; ripe from Decem-ber to March. stymers apple,a n
The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . , partially striped and splashedwith light and dark crimson nearly overthe whole surface, and pretty thicklysprinkled with small light dots ; stalk,rather short, slender, set in a large, deep,regular cavity; calyx, small, closed, seg- 264 The Horticulturist. ments small and short, coming to a point ;basin, medium, rather deep, corrugated;flesh, white, fine, sometimes a little stainednext the skin, very tender, juicy, mild,pleasant, subacid; flavor, very good orbest; core, rather large; ripe from Decem-ber to March. stymers apple,a new promising late fall or earlywinter apple, originated on the farm of Jacob Stymers, in the village of DobbsFerry, on the Hudson. Specimens weresent me by Dr. James Fountain, whoinforms me that the young tree came upunder an old Spitzenburg apple-tree—thewhole orchard being Spitzenburg. Tree,a vigorous grower, rather more uprightthan Spitzenburg, but resembling it some-what ; rather tardy coming into bearing;young wood, dull reddish browD, Fig. 89.—Stymers. Fruit, medium size, oblate, inclining toconic; surface, smooth, and nearly regu-lar ; skin, yellowish, shaded, striped andsplashed with light and dark red (nearlyover the whole surface), with some of thesplashes dark crimson, moderately sprink-led with light and gray dots; stalk, short and small, set in a large, deep cavity;calyx, closed or partially open, segmentsshort, erect; basin, large, deep, uneven;flesh, fine, whitish, tender, juicy, mild,pleasant, rich, subacid, slightly aromatic,very good, or best quality; core, small;ripe, October to January. Budding Marshal Niel Rose onGloire de Dijon.—Those of your readerswho possess a strong plant of Gloire deDijon, will be well repaid if they devote apart of it to Marshal Niel. Two yearssince I budded a shoot about half-standardhigh ; last year by closely pinching all theshoots I formed a bushy head, which this year is a glorious cluster of blooms. Thesto
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