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 100 THE APPLE. Seek-no-further. Its certain origin we have not learned. It is not regarded as an early bearer, but as very hardj and the fruit keep- ing well when gr
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 100 THE APPLE. Seek-no-further. Its certain origin we have not learned. It is not regarded as an early bearer, but as very hardj and the fruit keep- ing well when grown South, and on rich alluvial soils. Srown at the North, the trees come into bearing at about eight years, and the fruit has very little russet (unless unusually warm seasons), except at stem end ; South, in good culture, it attains a size of four inches diameter, by three inches from stem to eye, and mostly covered with russet. Fruit, medium to very large; form, at North, regular, roundish, tapering to the eye—South, always, angular, sometimes even broad at apex, being roundish, angular, flattened; color, pale yellow, ground mostly overspread with rich, warm red and russet, marbled and splashed with bronzed yellow near the stem, dark yellow russet spots surrounded with a lighter hade ; stem, short; cavity, narrow ; calyx, small, segments erect; basin, abrupt, pretty deep, round and even, occasionally shallow; flesh, yellowish, tender, mild, sub-acid, much resembling Westfield Seek-no-further; core, medium, marked at distance with a line encircling; seeds, varying, generally ovate. Season, January to April. Eaule's Janet. Raul's Gennetting, Rawl's Janet, Winter Genneting, Rock Remain, Jennette, Indiana ,'anncttins Raule's Jannette, Rawle's Jennette, Rock Rimmon, Neverfail, Yellow Janette, This variety, according to H. P. Byram, Esq., was first brought to
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