. The Magazine of horticulture, botany, and all useful discoveries and improvements in rural affairs . cimens, impressed with their great resemblance to theFameuse, and tliis was not removed by a trial of their only possible difference we could make out was a moredepressed or rather oblate form, and a very short stem. Herethe difference ended. In color of the skin, texture and white-ness of the flesh, and quality of the fruit, they appear identi-cal, and we can only suppose it to be a seedling from theFameuse, retaining all its beauties and excellences, but, asMr. Lyon informs us,
. The Magazine of horticulture, botany, and all useful discoveries and improvements in rural affairs . cimens, impressed with their great resemblance to theFameuse, and tliis was not removed by a trial of their only possible difference we could make out was a moredepressed or rather oblate form, and a very short stem. Herethe difference ended. In color of the skin, texture and white-ness of the flesh, and quality of the fruit, they appear identi-cal, and we can only suppose it to be a seedling from theFameuse, retaining all its beauties and excellences, but, asMr. Lyon informs us, a better growing and more productivetree, and better adapted to our climate. We think it willprove a very valuable variety. 68 THE MAGAZINE OP HORTICULTURE. The tree is a strong, upright grower, until it begins to bearabundantly, when the branches become pendent from theweight of the fruit. Our description is as follows:— Size, medium, about three inches broad, and two inchesdeep: Form, oblate, very regular, rounding off to each end:Skin, very fair, smooth, glossy, with a greenish yellow ground,. 6. SHIAWASSEE BEAUTY. nearly covered with brilliant red, deepest in the sun, anddotted with yellow specks: Stem, very short, less than aquarter of an inch long, rather slender, and rather deeplysunk in a broad, regular, deep cavity: Eye, medium size,closed, and little sunk in a small, regular basin; segments ofthe calyx small, short: Flesh, fine, white, crisp and tender:Juice, abundant, pleasantly acid, with an aromatic perfume:Core, small: Seeds, medium size, dark brown. Ripe in Octo-ber and November. LXVni. Carolina-Red June. J)awnings Fruits and FruitTrees. Rev. Ed. Red June. Much has been said recently in favor of southern-raisedapples, as generally much better adapted to a southern climate,and superior in quality to most northern varieties. That they FEBRUARY. 69 may be better suited to the climate is possible, but that theyare better than the popular and well known a
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