The fruits and fruit-trees of America; . metimes alittle oblique; skin pale whitish yellow, nearly covered with light anddark red, sometimes a ftnv rather obscure stripes and splashes, andmany large and small light dots; stalk short, smaii; cavity medium,slight russet; calyx closed or nearly so; basin medium, corrugated ; fleshwhitish yellow, half fine, tender, moderatelj juicy, nQiJ(i iStibacid, slightlyaromatic; core medium. January, March. Bowebs Sweet. Big Green. Origin supposed to be Harrisonburg, Virginia; tree igorous, upright,somewhat spreading; an early and good bearer a
The fruits and fruit-trees of America; . metimes alittle oblique; skin pale whitish yellow, nearly covered with light anddark red, sometimes a ftnv rather obscure stripes and splashes, andmany large and small light dots; stalk short, smaii; cavity medium,slight russet; calyx closed or nearly so; basin medium, corrugated ; fleshwhitish yellow, half fine, tender, moderatelj juicy, nQiJ(i iStibacid, slightlyaromatic; core medium. January, March. Bowebs Sweet. Big Green. Origin supposed to be Harrisonburg, Virginia; tree igorous, upright,somewhat spreading; an early and good bearer annually, but larger cropsalternate years ; a large fruit, and highly valued where known. Fruit large, oblate, regular; skin pale yellow, often a shaue of reJ andnumerous russet and brown dots; stalk short, small; cavity ratherlarge, sometimes slight russet ^ calyx closed; basin large, deep, corru- 46 THE APPLE. gated; flesh white, half fine, tender, juicy, very mild subacid, O)almost sweet, slightly aromatic; core small. October, Bowers Nonpareil. Brilliant. Originated with Lindsay F. Thomas, near Portsmouth, Ohio, treevigorous, rather spreading; an early and good bearer annually; muchesteemed in tlie neighborhood of its origin. Fruit medium to large, oblate, slightly angiilar, sometimes a littleoblique; skin pale yellow, somewhat waxen, a shade of pale red whereexposed, and a few grayish dots; stalk short, rather small; cavity large,deep, often slightly russeted; calyx large, open; basin large, broad,deep, slightly corrugated; flesh white, a little coarse, tender, j uicy,»)leasant siibacid; core small. October, January. Origin, on the farm of Col. Charles Broadwater, near Vienna, Vir-ginia ; tree healthy, vigorous ; an early and good bearer; a favorite for thetable and market in its season where it originated. Fruit below medium, oblate; skin smooth, pale yellowish white, paleIed in the sun ; stalk short, small ; cavity mediiim, slightly corrugat
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