. The fruits and fruit trees of America : or, The culture, propagation and management, in the garden and orchard, of fruit trees generally, with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign, cultivated in this country . Fruit-culture; Fruit. THE APPLE. 107 the red, on the shady side of the fruit, and rays of the same around the stalk. Calyx quite small, set in a narrow, shallow,-. Zadttf SteeeUng. plaited basin. Stalk half an inch long, in a shallow cavity, Flesh, greenish-white, exceedingly tender, juicyand crisp, with a delicious, sprightly,, agreeably perfumed flavo
. The fruits and fruit trees of America : or, The culture, propagation and management, in the garden and orchard, of fruit trees generally, with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign, cultivated in this country . Fruit-culture; Fruit. THE APPLE. 107 the red, on the shady side of the fruit, and rays of the same around the stalk. Calyx quite small, set in a narrow, shallow,-. Zadttf SteeeUng. plaited basin. Stalk half an inch long, in a shallow cavity, Flesh, greenish-white, exceedingly tender, juicyand crisp, with a delicious, sprightly,, agreeably perfumed flavour. Keeps with- out shrivelling, or losing its flavour, till May, SwAAR. Coxe. Floy. Thomp, This is a truly noble American fruit, produced by the Dutch settlers on the Hudson, near Esopus, and so termed, from its unusual weight, this word, in ,the low Dutch, meaning heavy. It requires a deep, rich, sandy loam, to bring it to perfection, and, in its native soils, we have seen it twelve inches in circum- ference, and of a deep golden yoUow colour. It is one of tl^e finest flavoured apples in America, and deserves extensive cul- tivation, in all favourable positions, though it does not succeed well in damp or cold soils. Fruit large, regularly formed, roundish. Skin greenish-yel- low when first gathered, but when entirely ripe, of a fine, dead gold colour, dotted with numerous distinct brown specks, and sometimes faintly marbled with gray russet on the sidej' and round the stalk. Stalk slender, tibree fourths of an inch long;,. 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 Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852; Downing, Charles. New York : J. Wiley
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