. Elliott's fruit book;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. [from old catalog]. 90 THE APPLE. cut. (See Horticulturist, vol. ii., page 357.) It proves fine so far, and wherever it has been tested, and we confidently place it in the class worthy of general cultivation. Tree, â vigorous, spreading; shoots, reddish brown; requires deep, strong Fruity medium to large ; form roundish, flattened, regular ; surface, glossy, uneven ; color, pale yellowish white, much overspread with broken streaks and stripes of reddish purple, becoming rich and dark in the sun ; stem, medium, slender ; cavity, wide, round,
. Elliott's fruit book;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. [from old catalog]. 90 THE APPLE. cut. (See Horticulturist, vol. ii., page 357.) It proves fine so far, and wherever it has been tested, and we confidently place it in the class worthy of general cultivation. Tree, â vigorous, spreading; shoots, reddish brown; requires deep, strong Fruity medium to large ; form roundish, flattened, regular ; surface, glossy, uneven ; color, pale yellowish white, much overspread with broken streaks and stripes of reddish purple, becoming rich and dark in the sun ; stem, medium, slender ; cavity, wide, round, open, marked with greenish russet; calyx, closed ; basin, deep, finely plaited at bot- tom ; flesh, white, fine-grain eel, crisp, tender, juicy, sprightly ; core, ra- ther small; seeds, broad, nearly black. Season, October to Decem- ber. Melting. Melt in the. Mouth, Melting Mouth. American. Origin, Pennsylvania; introduced to Ohio, and ex- hibited (as grown in the centre of that State) at the Pomological meetings for three years. Tree, hardy ; shoots, slender, diverging ; fruit borne mostly on ends of limbs ; requires rich soil, abounding in lime ; on young trees, fruit quite small; improves and increases as they advance in years and size, and under good culture. Fruit, medium ; form, roundish, slightly flattened ; color, yellow ground, overspread with warm yellow red, dotted and marbled with yellow russet; sUm, short; cavity, deep, regular ; calyx, with short erect segments; basin, shallow, broad, open; flesh, yellowish crisp,. 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 Elliott, Franklin Reuben, 1817-1878. [from old catalog]. New York, C. M. Saxton
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