Elliott's fruit book; or, The Elliott's fruit book; or, The American fruit-grower's guide in orchard and garden. Being a compend of the history, modes of propagation, culture, etc., of fruit trees and shrubs, with descriptions of nearly all the varieties of fruits cultivated in this country; notes of their adaptation to localities and soils, and also a complete list of fruits worthy of cultivation elliottsfruitbo00elli Year: 1858 144 THE APPLE. hollow; seeds, plump, pyriform ; flesh, whitish, tender, sub-acid ; ' very good.' Keeps to May. For varieties of this, see Willow Twig, &c. Lowre Q
Elliott's fruit book; or, The Elliott's fruit book; or, The American fruit-grower's guide in orchard and garden. Being a compend of the history, modes of propagation, culture, etc., of fruit trees and shrubs, with descriptions of nearly all the varieties of fruits cultivated in this country; notes of their adaptation to localities and soils, and also a complete list of fruits worthy of cultivation elliottsfruitbo00elli Year: 1858 144 THE APPLE. hollow; seeds, plump, pyriform ; flesh, whitish, tender, sub-acid ; ' very good.' Keeps to May. For varieties of this, see Willow Twig, &c. Lowre Queen. Loure Queen. Trees, upright, early bearers, extensively grown in Central Ohio; somewhat resembles the Vandervere. Fruit, medium, roundish flattened, oft, angular; yellow, striped and splashed with dull red, rough irregular dots, or specks of dull russet, russet at stem; stem, slender; cavity, regu- lar, deep ; calyx, with long pointed segments ; basin, abrupt, broad, slightly furrowed; core, small; seeds, ovate ; flesh, yellowish white, tender, juicy ' very good.' November to February. Loudon Pippin. Tree, productive, most grown in Northern Virginia; fruit, large, round- ish conical; greenish yellow ; stem, short; calyx, large; flesh, greenish; white, sub-acid ; valued only for its size, where people know what apples should be. Long Stem. Below medium, roundish oblong, sometimes angular ; skin, red in faint stripes, with a number of grey russet dots; stem, long; cavity, me-
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