. Agriculture of New York : comprising an account of the classification, composition and distribution of the soils and rocks ... together with a condensed view of the climate and the agricultural productions of the state. Agriculture; Soils; Fruit-culture. OF WINTER APPLES. 61 10. MINISTER. Fruit large, fair, unsymmetrical, ribbed ; base wide and tapering to a narrow apex. The ground color, yellowish green; ornamental color, carmine pencilled in stripes. Stem long, slender, inserted in a wide shallow irregular depression. Flesh yellowish white, subacid, moderately rich. Tree productive. 11. SW
. Agriculture of New York : comprising an account of the classification, composition and distribution of the soils and rocks ... together with a condensed view of the climate and the agricultural productions of the state. Agriculture; Soils; Fruit-culture. OF WINTER APPLES. 61 10. MINISTER. Fruit large, fair, unsymmetrical, ribbed ; base wide and tapering to a narrow apex. The ground color, yellowish green; ornamental color, carmine pencilled in stripes. Stem long, slender, inserted in a wide shallow irregular depression. Flesh yellowish white, subacid, moderately rich. Tree productive. 11. SWEET PEARMAIN. (English Sweeting of Rhode-Island.) Fruit of the medium size. Color dark, rich crimson, and marked with rough dots. Stem slender, inserted in a wide depression ; basin small; taste sweet. 12. BLACK GILLIFLOWER. Plate 24. Fig- 3). Fruit of the medium size, elongated ; sub- angular ; conical ; symmetrical. Color dark crimson, and dull, obscurely stri- ped; stem exsert, depression very nar- row, calyx small; depression shallow, plaited, almost truncate. Flesh greenish white, subacid, rich ; over ripe, very mealy and dry. This apple, though less esteemed than formerly, yet being a distinct variety and adapted to the taste of many, should find a place in every 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 Emmons, Ebenezer, 1799-1863. Albany, C. Van Benthuysen
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