. American pomology : Apples. Apples. CLASS III.*—ROUND APPLES. L IL IIL 629 " Fruit large, roundish, conic; Skin yellow, shaded with dull red and deep carmine in the sun, and thickly covered with gray dots, and an appearance of rough russet on most of the surface; Stalk rather short and thick, insert- ed in a medium cavity, surrounded with thin russet; Calyx nearly closed; Segments long, recurved, in a narrow, un- even basin; Flesh yellow, solid, crisp, tender, with an ex- cellent, rich, sub-acid flavor, somewhat resembling Bald- win\ Season, January to ;—Downing. This fruit i
. American pomology : Apples. Apples. CLASS III.*—ROUND APPLES. L IL IIL 629 " Fruit large, roundish, conic; Skin yellow, shaded with dull red and deep carmine in the sun, and thickly covered with gray dots, and an appearance of rough russet on most of the surface; Stalk rather short and thick, insert- ed in a medium cavity, surrounded with thin russet; Calyx nearly closed; Segments long, recurved, in a narrow, un- even basin; Flesh yellow, solid, crisp, tender, with an ex- cellent, rich, sub-acid flavor, somewhat resembling Bald- win\ Season, January to ;—Downing. This fruit is rarely seen in the West. It has been thought by some to have originated as a sport from the Baldwin. Rolen's Keeper. Received from H. N^. Gillett, Lawrence County, Ohio. Origin not given. Fruit medium, round, regular; Surface rough, splashed red on russet; Dots scattered, small, Fig. 243.—ROLEN'S KEEPER. Basin shallow, regular, leather-cracked; Eye small, closed. Cavity deep, acute, regular; Stem long, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Warder, J. A. (John Aston), 1812-1883. New York : Orange Judd and company
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