. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. APPLES. 339 Clarke Pearmain. Size medium, roundish, slightly conical; skin inclining to rough yellow and russety in shade, light rich red in the sun, thickly dotted with whitish russet; cavity and basin medium ; flesh yellowish white, with a very good sub-acid flavor. Tree productive. A well-known Southern variety. North Caro- lina. Cumberland Spice. Rather large, varying from roundish conical to long conical, the tapering sides being nearly straight
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. APPLES. 339 Clarke Pearmain. Size medium, roundish, slightly conical; skin inclining to rough yellow and russety in shade, light rich red in the sun, thickly dotted with whitish russet; cavity and basin medium ; flesh yellowish white, with a very good sub-acid flavor. Tree productive. A well-known Southern variety. North Caro- lina. Cumberland Spice. Rather large, varying from roundish conical to long conical, the tapering sides being nearly straight and not rounded; color waxen yellow, with a slight vermilion tinge near the base, and with black specks on the surface; stalk half to three- fourths of an inch long; cavity wide, slightly russeted; calyx open, basin even; flesh yellowish white, breaking, rather light; core hol- low ; flavor mild sub-acid, with a peculiar and agreeable spiciness, of good quality. Dansic Pepka. Large, roundish oblong; greenish yellow with blush; cavity very narrow, deep; stem short; basin small, wide, shallow; flesh white, juicy, sub-acid, fair. Late winter. Rus- sian. Fig. 460. English Russet.* (Poughkeepsie Russet.) Medium or rather small, roundish conical, regular; surface more or less overspread with brownish russet on light greenish yellow ground; in large ex- posed specimens, wholly russeted; stalk one-half to three-fourths of an inch long; cavity moderate, round; basin smooth; flesh green- FIG. 460.—Dansio Pepka. FiG. 461.— Fig. 462.—Zugoff Winter. FiG. 463.~Romna. ish or yellowish white, texture fine, rather firm, with an aromatic, sub-acid flavor. Keeps through spring, and often through sum- mer for twelve months. Growth upright, shoots lively brown. A profuse bearer. A profitable market variety, but of rather poor quality. New York. Fallawater.* (Tulpahocken, Fornwalder.) Rather large, round- ish and slightly ovate-conical, very regular, smooth; color a smooth shade of dull
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