. American horticultural manual .. . ed -with well-marked yellowish gray dots, and covered, whenfirst gathered, witli a thin white bloom; on shaded side tliere is gener-ally a faint marljling of cloudy white over the red, and rays of samearound tlie stalk; cavity shallow; stem half an inch long; basinshallow, plaited, narrow; calyx quite small; llesh greenisli white,exceedingly tender, juicy, and cris]i, with a (lelici(5us, sprightly,agreeable ]:)erfvmied llavor, very good to best; keep without shrivel-ling or losing its llavor till Mav. THE APPLE. 113 Lankford.—Origin, Lankford, Maryland; tre
. American horticultural manual .. . ed -with well-marked yellowish gray dots, and covered, whenfirst gathered, witli a thin white bloom; on shaded side tliere is gener-ally a faint marljling of cloudy white over the red, and rays of samearound tlie stalk; cavity shallow; stem half an inch long; basinshallow, plaited, narrow; calyx quite small; llesh greenisli white,exceedingly tender, juicy, and cris]i, with a (lelici(5us, sprightly,agreeable ]:)erfvmied llavor, very good to best; keep without shrivel-ling or losing its llavor till Mav. THE APPLE. 113 Lankford.—Origin, Lankford, Maryland; tree vigorous, i)roduetive. Fruit medium, oblate to roundish oblate, sides sometimes une-qual or a little oblique, often flattened at the ends; surface palegreen, shaded with pale and dark red over half or more of its surface;dots few, large, light and grayish—many areole; cavity large, deep,greenish; stem rather short, slender; basin large, rather deep, slightlycorrugated; calyx closed or partially open. Core small; flesh Lady Sweet. a little coarse, tender, moderately juicy, mild subacid, inclining tosweet. December, May. Lansingburg.—Origin, New York; tree upright, spreading, vigor-ous, thorny, a fair bearer. Fruit medium, roundish oblate, conical, angular, oblique, oftenunequal; surface smooth, green and yellow, with bronze blush, mostlycovered Avith grayish red; dots minute, gray, with green bases;cavity acute, uneven, russeted; stem short; basin deep, corrugated;cal}x closed. Core closed; seeds many, large; flesh firm, mild sub-acid, fair to good. Late winter and spring. Late Strawberry {Autunin Strawberry).—Origin, Aurora, NewYork; tree vigorous, upright, spreading, productive, an early bearer. 114 SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. Fruit medium, regular, roundish, sliglitly conical, sometimes ob-scurely ribbed, truncated; surface polished, yellowish white, almostwholh covered witli light and dark splashes and crimson and red,often overlaid with thin bloom, a showy frui
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