. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. APP APP it is believed, this has no pretension. It is said that Coxe himself discovered the error, and designed correcting it in a future edition of his work. It occurred from the label having been lost in the original package, and a loose Hagloe Crab label being found, was supposed to attach to the tree in question. It is now well known in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as the Hagloe, the Crab having been dropped, and is much esteemed in the Philadelphia market as a cooking apple; its fair size, above medium, and great beauty, recom- mend it for th
. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. APP APP it is believed, this has no pretension. It is said that Coxe himself discovered the error, and designed correcting it in a future edition of his work. It occurred from the label having been lost in the original package, and a loose Hagloe Crab label being found, was supposed to attach to the tree in question. It is now well known in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as the Hagloe, the Crab having been dropped, and is much esteemed in the Philadelphia market as a cooking apple; its fair size, above medium, and great beauty, recom- mend it for the table. The prevail- ing colour is yellow, streaked with red of darker or lighter shades, and with a delicate bloom on well-ripened specimens. The outline round, some- times a little irregular. Stem short; the eye deeply seated. The flesh is soft and woolly, as it is termed, which of course detracts from its quality as a table fruit. Ripe, August and Septem- ber. Fig. 6.—(P. 45.). Early Queen. (Fig. 7.) The ap- ple here represented, has been known for many years around Philadelphia by the above name ; it is one of the earli- est seen in our market, making its ap- pearance early in July and continuing throughout August. When ripened in the sun it ifnearly of a uniform aspect —striped and clouded with red of darker or lighter shades on a greenish-yellow ground, the red frequently the prevail- ing colour : others ripened in the shade have but little red, the stripes more dis- tinctly marked on a greenish ground, thus presenting fruit from the same tree of very different appearance. The size is in good specimens, above medium ; outline rather flattened, and narrowing towards the blossom end. Calyx quite small, nearly closed and set in a shal- low basin. Stem short, seldom rising to the crown of the fruit. Flesh white, with occasional pink streaks and clouds; crisp, and when over ripe, mealy. Baldwin. Ken: Down. (Fig. 8.) The Baldwin, partially known as the Woodpecker, is nearl
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