The Gardener’s monthly and horticultural advertiser . ihi| (iardciifrfi ^loulhlg Egyptian Belle Apple.—Adistinguished Western pomologist,our well-known correspondent, M. Smith, of Greenville, Illinois,sends us the following sketch anddescription :— Size, large, or above medium ;form, roundish, flattened; color,yellowish white, striped, stained,and splashed with brilliant lightand deep carmine; stem, short;cavity, deep, regular, and russetted;calyx, very small, closed; basin,small, regular; core, large and some-what hollow ; seeds, medium, darkbrown; flesh, juicy, white, fine-grained, spr
The Gardener’s monthly and horticultural advertiser . ihi| (iardciifrfi ^loulhlg Egyptian Belle Apple.—Adistinguished Western pomologist,our well-known correspondent, M. Smith, of Greenville, Illinois,sends us the following sketch anddescription :— Size, large, or above medium ;form, roundish, flattened; color,yellowish white, striped, stained,and splashed with brilliant lightand deep carmine; stem, short;cavity, deep, regular, and russetted;calyx, very small, closed; basin,small, regular; core, large and some-what hollow ; seeds, medium, darkbrown; flesh, juicy, white, fine-grained, sprightly, sub-acid; sea-son, from middle to last of sprout from the root of a root-grafted tree (a Pennock) in my fathers orchard.
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