. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. APPLES. 337 Section 11.—Not Striped. Antonovka. Roundish oblate; yellow with white bloom; basin deep and cavity acute ; flesh yellow, sub-acid, crisp, good. Tree not so hardy as some varieties received from Northern Europe which much resemble it in form and fruit. Fig. 452. Russian. Arabsko. Large, conic; green covered with purplish red; cavity medium, stem medium, basin shallow ; flesh greenish white, sharp, sub-acid. Winter. Fig, 459. Russian. Often
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. APPLES. 337 Section 11.—Not Striped. Antonovka. Roundish oblate; yellow with white bloom; basin deep and cavity acute ; flesh yellow, sub-acid, crisp, good. Tree not so hardy as some varieties received from Northern Europe which much resemble it in form and fruit. Fig. 452. Russian. Arabsko. Large, conic; green covered with purplish red; cavity medium, stem medium, basin shallow ; flesh greenish white, sharp, sub-acid. Winter. Fig, 459. Russian. Often rots on the trees. Aunt Hannah. Size medium, roundish, approaching ovate; straw color, with a very pleasant mild sub-acid, fine flavor, resembling in character the Newtown Pippin. Origin, Essex County, Mass. Basil the Great. (Vasilis Largest.) Large, roundish, oblong, unequally truncated, irregular; yellow, mostly covered with dark red and crimson; cavity deep, acute; stem very short; basin wide, deep, abrupt; flesh coarse grained, red next skin, juicy, sub-acid, excellent for culinary use. Very showy apple and is a profitable market one. The trees are said to endure drought with- out lessening the size of the fruit. Russian. Fig. 379. Fig. 452.—Antonovka. Fig. 453.—Iowa Fig. 4SI.—Bergamot. Fig. 454.—Anisovka. Belle et Bonne. Large, roundish, flattened at ends, obtuse; green- ish yellow; stem short; calyx in a wide, deep basin; flesh yellow, tender, large grained, sub-acid, agreeable, and very good. Early winter. A Connecticut apple; a strong growing and productive variety, much esteemed in the neighborhood of Hartford. Belmont.* Rather large, roundish-conical or ovate-conical, apex usually narrow, but sometimes quite obtuse; faintly ribbed, smooth; color clear pale yellow, with sometimes a light vermilion blush, and rarely with large thinly scattered carmine dots; stalk varying from half an inch long and stout, to an inch or more long and slender; basin in c
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