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obscure the ground colour. Flesh yel- j of uncommonly beautiful appearance,
low, rich and aromatic. Stem long, It is certainly a superior dessert fruit
deeply planted, llipe in August, but its sprightly aroma is agreeable to most
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fit for cooking in July. Coxe describes i palates, and makes it a popular apple in
it as an apple of the finest quality, and 1
Summer Pearmain. Coxe. (Fig. 2.)
This is unquestionably the finest apple
of its season, possessing more of the
character of the pear than an ordinary
apple ; its appearance is by no means
prepossessing, and those who look to
exteriors only would pass it by unnoticed.
The colour is usually dull red,
slightly streaked and spotted, occasionally
in the sun of a brighter hue. Coxe
says it has proved well adapted to light
lands, and correctly describes it as
singularly tender, bursting from its own
weight, when falling. The outline is
oblong, uniformly regular; stem and
calyx deeply seated ; ripe in August and
September.
WooLMAN's Harvest. {Striped
Harvest.) (Fig. 3.) This apple is
known in New Jersey as above ; its origin
is obscure, nor have we found it
described by any American authority.
the Philadelphia market.
Fig. 1.—(P. 43.)
— ;
The size is much below medium, weighing
scarcely two ounces. Ground colour
a delicate whitish yellow, beautifully
streaked and pencilled with bright red
of different depths, giving it rather an
artificial aspect, as though an artist had
coloured it to suit his fancy; flesh white,
crisp and tender, juicy, but not rich:
its early maturity commends it to notice;
ripe in July.
Maiden's Blush. Coxe. (Fig. 4.)
There is not, perhaps, a more popular
summer apple in the Philadelphia market
than this; it ripens in August, and
is in fruitful seasons abundant until the
first of October. The size is above me-
dium ;
skin smooth, yellow, with a lively
carmine cheek ; the general outline is
flattened. Flesh white, tender, admirably
adapted to drying. Stem short,
and both it and the eye seated in a
deep cavity. The habit of the tree is