. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. 3o6 APPLES. The May apple, of Virginia, is a fruit similar to or identical in char- acter and quality with the White Juneating, where it ripens about the first of summer, bearing every year. Large quantities are sent to Baltimore for tarts. Warfield. Medium, very round ; fair, with a light blush ; tender, pleasant acid ; may be used for cooking in July when two-thirds grown. An excellent late summer market apple. Origin, Musca- tine, la. Yellow Transp
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. 3o6 APPLES. The May apple, of Virginia, is a fruit similar to or identical in char- acter and quality with the White Juneating, where it ripens about the first of summer, bearing every year. Large quantities are sent to Baltimore for tarts. Warfield. Medium, very round ; fair, with a light blush ; tender, pleasant acid ; may be used for cooking in July when two-thirds grown. An excellent late summer market apple. Origin, Musca- tine, la. Yellow Transparent.* Medium, round conic ; skin yellow,, almost transparent; basin shallow, regular, cavity acute; flesh crisp, sub-acid, good. Largely grown all over the country as an excel- lent early market apple. Especially valuable for the kitchen. Russia. DIVISION II.—AUTUMN APPLES. Class I.—Sweet Apples. Section 1.—Striped with red. Jersey Sweet.* Size medium, round ovate, often oblong:-ovate, somewhat conical; thickly striped with fine red on greenish yel- low ; stalk one-half to an inch long; cavity rather irregular; basin wrinkled, distinct; flesh whitish, very sweet, juicy and tender, good flavor. Succeeds well in most localities. Early and mid-autumn—immediately follows Golden Sweet. Shoots stout, short jointed; leaves crenate-serrate. New Jersey. Fig. Fig. 375. Fig. 376. Prolific Sweeting. Jersey Sweet. Richmond. Large, roundish-oblate, slightly ribbed; splashed and striped with crimson on yellow ground, with numerous dots; stalk short, cavity large; calyx large, open; basin large, fur- rowed ; flesh white, tender, sweet, rich. Late autumn. Origin, Sandusky, O. Section 11.—Not striped. Autumn Swaar. (Sweet Swaar.) Large, oblate, sometimes very slightly ribbed ; rich yellow ; stalk an inch or more long, varying from long and slender, to thick and fleshy at insertion; cavity. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been d
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