. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. 344 APPLES. ish yellow; stalk slender, an inch and a quarter long, cavity large; basin furrowed, regular; flesh tender, breaking, fine- grained, mild, agreeable, sprightly. Ripens through winter. Tree vigorous, productive. Origin, Pomfret, Conn. Progress. Rather large, roundish-conical, often slightly oblate; smooth, yellow, often with a brownish cheek; stalk short, cavity russeted ; calyx large, basin shallow ; flesh crisp, with a pleasant sub-acid f
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. 344 APPLES. ish yellow; stalk slender, an inch and a quarter long, cavity large; basin furrowed, regular; flesh tender, breaking, fine- grained, mild, agreeable, sprightly. Ripens through winter. Tree vigorous, productive. Origin, Pomfret, Conn. Progress. Rather large, roundish-conical, often slightly oblate; smooth, yellow, often with a brownish cheek; stalk short, cavity russeted ; calyx large, basin shallow ; flesh crisp, with a pleasant sub-acid flavor. Connecticut. Red Russet. Large, roundish-conical; yellow, shaded with dull red and deep carmine in the sun ; thickly dotted with some rough russet; stalk short and thick ; calyx with long segments, basin nar- row, uneven; flesh yellow, solid, crisp, tender, with an excellent, rich, sub-acid flavor, somewhat resembling Baldwin. (C. Down- ing.) Said to be a graft hybrid between Baldwin and Roxbury Russet. Red Queen. Medium, irregular conical; greenish yellow, red blush on sunny side; cavity small; stem short, stout; basin small; flesh white, green veinings, quite acid. Late winter. Fig. 458. Rus- Fig. 475.—R. I. Greening. PiG. 476.—Ortley. FiG. 477.—Arkansas Black. Rhode Island Greening.* (Greening.) Large, roundish oblate; green, becoming greenish yellow, always fair, a dull brown blush to the sun ; stalk three-fourths of an inch long ; basin rather small, often slightly russeted ; flesh yellow—a rich yellow if much exposed to the sun, and whitish yellow or greenish white if much shaded— tender, juicy, with a rich rather acid flavor. Growth strong, young trees crooked or oblique, shoots rather spreading, leaves sharp serrate; very productive, single trees sometimes yielding forty bushels of fair fruit in favorable .years and orchards 500 bushels per acre. Fine in New England and New York. Fig. 475. Ten- der far West. Susceptible to scab. Rhode Island. Rom
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