. American pomology : apples . Apples. 508 DESCBIPTIONS OF APPLES. Cavity acute, sometimes lipped, wavy; Stem long, slen- der. Core small, oval, resiular, closed, just meeting the eye; Seeds small, very light colored ; Flesh greenish-yellow, breaking, fine grained, tender, juicy ; Flavor sub-acid, rich, aromatic; Quality nearly first rate ; Use dessert; Season December and January, but is said to keep until May in New York. Wliite printer Pearmain. This favorite fruit was brought to Indiana by some of the eai-ly pomologists, in the days of saddle-bag transpor-. 150.^WHITE WINTER PEARMAIN. tati
. American pomology : apples . Apples. 508 DESCBIPTIONS OF APPLES. Cavity acute, sometimes lipped, wavy; Stem long, slen- der. Core small, oval, resiular, closed, just meeting the eye; Seeds small, very light colored ; Flesh greenish-yellow, breaking, fine grained, tender, juicy ; Flavor sub-acid, rich, aromatic; Quality nearly first rate ; Use dessert; Season December and January, but is said to keep until May in New York. Wliite printer Pearmain. This favorite fruit was brought to Indiana by some of the eai-ly pomologists, in the days of saddle-bag transpor-. 150.^WHITE WINTER PEARMAIN. tation. In a lot of grafts, two varieties, having lost their labels, were propagated and fruited witliout name. Being considered , they were called respectively Red and White Winter Pearmains. Tlie former proved to be the Esopus Spitzenberg; the latter has never yet been identified, though believed to be an old eastern variety. Mr. Downing suggests that it may be WirUer Marvey, a. 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
Size: 1622px × 1540px
Photo credit: © Central Historic Books / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1860, booksubjectapples, bookyear1867
