A dictionary of modern gardening - University Library

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it is believed, this has no pretension, medium, and great beauty, rccom-
It is said that Coxe himself discovered mend it for the table. The prevailthe
error, and designed correcting it in ing colour is yellow, streaked with
a future edition of his work. It occurred red of darker or lighter shades, and
from the label having been lost in the with a delicate bloom on well-ripened
original package, and a loose Hagloe
Crab label being found, was supposed to
attach to the tree in question.
It is now well known in Pennsylvania
specimens. The outline round, sometimes
a little irregular. Stem short;
the eye deeply seated. The flesh is
soft and woolly, as it is termed, which
and New Jersev, as the Hagloe, the of course detracts from its quality as a
Crab having been dropped, and is much table fruit. Ripe, August and Septem-
ber.
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esteemed in the Philadelphia market
as a cooking apple; its fair size, above
Fig. 6.—(P. 45.)
Early Queen. (Fig. 7.) The apple
here represented, has been known
for many years around Philadelphia by
the above name ; it is one of the earliest
seen in our market, making its appearance
early in July and continuing
throughout August. When ripened in
the sun it is nearly of a uniform aspect
—striped and clouded with red of darker
or lighter shades on a greenish-yellow
ground, the red frequently the prevailing
colour : others ripened in the shade
have but little red, the stripes more distinctly
marked on a greenish ground,
thus presenting fruit from the same tree
of very different appearance. The size
is in good specimens, above medium ;
outline rather flattened, and narrowing
towards the blossom end. Calyx quite
small, nearly closed and set in a shallow
basin. Stem short, seldom rising
to the crown of the fruit. Flesh white,
with occasional pink streaks and clouds;
crisp, and when over ripe, mealy.
Baldwin. Ken : Down. (Fig. 8.)
The Baldwin, partially known as the
Woodpecker, is nearly confined to New
England ; but ought to be an apple of
the world. It has few superiors, and is
1 above average quality in all respects.