urved. Cavity smooth, deep. Calyx large, closed, or partially open.
Segments medium length, erect, sometimes a little recurved. Basin large,
deep, corrugated. Flesh fine, whitish, compact, sweet, somewhat honeyed
flavor. Core small. Very good. January to May.

EARLY RIPE.

Supposed origin, Pennsylvania, but unknown. Tree a free grower, and
productive. Fruit medium, roundish oblate, pale yellow, sprinkled with a
few gray dots. Stalk long, in a slightly russeted cavity. Calyx small,
closed. Flesh white, tender, juicy, subacid. Good. August.

DOCTOR WATSON.

_Synonym_: Autumn Seek-no-farther.

Origin unknown. A variety considerably grown in Indiana, where it is
much esteemed. Tree moderately vigorous, spreading, productive. Fruit
medium, oblate, sides sometimes unequal. Color greenish white, shaded
and splashed in the sun with dull crimson. Stalk of medium length.
Cavity broad, uneven. Calyx open. Basin large, rather deep. Flesh
whitish yellow, rather firm, juicy, rich subacid. Core medium. Very
good. September and October.

MUSTER.

Origin unknown. Fruit oblate, yellow, mostly covered with mixed red and
splashes of crimson. Flesh yellow, fine grained, tender, juicy, subacid,
aromatic. Best. Core small. August and September. (Warder.)

WAGENER.

Origin, Penn Yan, Yates county, New York. Tree thrifty, upright, hardy,
and early bearer. Requires thinning to produce good-flavored fruit. When
grown in the shade is wanting in flavor. Young wood light, reddish
brown, slightly downy. Buds prominent. Fruit medium or above, roundish
oblate, yellow, mostly shaded with crimson, obscurely striped, and
splashed with light dots. Stalk nearly an inch long, rather slender,
inserted in a large, broad, irregular cavity. Calyx small and closed,
set in a rather abrupt, somewhat corrugated basin. Flesh yellowish, very
tender, juicy, excellent, brisk, somewhat vinous. Very good to best. A
very delicate apple. Ripe November to February.

BROADWELL.

_Synonym_: Broadwell Sweet.

Originated with Jacob Broadwell, near Cincinnati, Ohio. An extremely
valuable sweet apple, either for the table or cooking. Tree vigorous,
quite hardy, very spreading, irregular, productive. Young shoots dull,
reddish brown, downy. Fruit medium, oblate, somewhat conic. Color clear,
bright yellow, brownish blush in the sun exposure, with carmine spots.
Dots few, greenish, suffused beneath. Stalk rather short. Cavity broad,
russeted. Calyx closed, w