. American horticultural manual .. . -elli)W, ciis]i, brisksubacid, godd. December to March. Maverack.—Originated liy Dr. Maverack, Soutli Carolina; treevioorous, productive, fruit valuable for market and cooking. 126 SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. Fruit large, roundish oblate, obscurely conical; surface yellow,mostly shaded and striped with bright red; dots few, gray; cavityrather large; stem short; basin deep, corrugated; calyx Maverack. Core small; flesh jellowish, tender, rich, sweet, very good. Novem-ber to Fcljruary. Melon, Norton.—Origin, East Bloomfield, Kew York; tree a ratherslow gro\\-
. American horticultural manual .. . -elli)W, ciis]i, brisksubacid, godd. December to March. Maverack.—Originated liy Dr. Maverack, Soutli Carolina; treevioorous, productive, fruit valuable for market and cooking. 126 SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. Fruit large, roundish oblate, obscurely conical; surface yellow,mostly shaded and striped with bright red; dots few, gray; cavityrather large; stem short; basin deep, corrugated; calyx Maverack. Core small; flesh jellowish, tender, rich, sweet, very good. Novem-ber to Fcljruary. Melon, Norton.—Origin, East Bloomfield, Kew York; tree a ratherslow gro\\-er while young, spreading, round-tojipcd, productive; fruittoo tender for distant sliipment. Fruit medium to large; form roundish oblate, slightly conical,obscurely ribbed toward the liasin; surface smooth, jiale waxenyellow, nearly covered with mar))led and mixed bright red, distinctlysplashed and stri])ed A\ith darker crimson, with net-veining andpatches of very tliin smooth pale lirown russet; dots minute, few,light and l:)roA; cavity large, deep, acute, wavy, often with muchrusset; stem medium, slender; basin wide, medium, slightly corru-gated; calyx half open. Core partially open, clasping; cells round,axile, slit; tube conical; stamens marginal, median, or basal; seeds THE APPLE. 127 numerous, medium, ansular; flesh yellowish white, very tender, crisp,juicy, aromatic, sprightly subacid, best. November to Marc
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