Core regular, heart-shaped, closed; Seeds medium to long, angular; Flesh firm, breaking, yellow; Flavor sweet, pleasant; Quality not first rate, valued for baking and for stock; Season December and January. * * * * * CLASS I.--FLAT APPLES. +ORDER I.--REGULAR.+ SECTION 1.--SWEET. SUB-SECTION 3.--RUSSET. NONE. * * * * * CLASS I.--FLAT APPLES. +ORDER I.--REGULAR.+ SECTION 2.--SOUR. SUB-SECTION 1.--SELF-COLORED. =Better Than Good.= JUICY BITE. Like our standard authority, I am obliged to quote from the American Pomological Society's Transactions. Origin uncertain, (Elliott says from Pennsylvania); Tree thrifty, rather slender, very productive. Fruit medium, oblate; Skin pale yellow, with a few brown dots. Basin large and open; Calyx closed. Cavity broad; Stem short. Flesh yellowish, very tender, juicy; Flavor mild, pleasant, sub-acid; November to January. =Bohanon.= [Illustration: Fig. 67.--BOHANON.] This apple was brought into notice by Lewis Sanders, that veteran agriculturist of Kentucky, who was equally remarkable as a planter of choice fruits, and breeder of fine cattle. Mr. Elliott thinks this variety may have had its origin in Virginia. Tree moderately vigorous and productive. Fruit full medium, regular, oblate, rarely inclined to be angular, sometimes slightly conical; Surface very smooth, whitish, or waxen, occasionally blushed with pale carmine, making it very beautiful; Dots minute. Basin abrupt, narrow, folded, wavy and irregular; Eye closed; Segments reflexed. Cavity acute, brown; Stem rather long. Core regular, small, pyriform, closed, clasping the eye; Seeds small, compressed; Flesh white, breaking, fine grained, juicy, sub-acid; Quality very good and preferred as a dessert fruit to the _Maiden's Blush_ which it much resembles without having the peculiar flavor of that variety. =Cornfield.= A southern variety received from J.S. Downer & Son. Fruit medium, roundish-oblate or cylindrical, truncate, regular; Surface smooth, yellow, covered with mixed deep red, striped; Dots numerous, minute. Basin deep, abrupt, regular, leather-cracked; Eye small, open. Cavity wide, acute; Stem short. Core round, regular, closed, hardly clasping; Axis short; Seeds numerous, plump; Flesh yellow, fine grained, tender, rather dry; Flavor sub-acid; Quality good; Use, table; Season, December. =Cracking.= [Illustration: Fig. 68.--CRACKING.] This variety had its origin in the eastern part of Ohio. The tree is a strong grower and productive. Fruit large, oblate, somewhat uneven and irregular, but handsome; Surface smooth, greenish-yellow until ripe, when it is often tinged with red; Dots numerous, minute, indented and green. Basin wide, folded; Eye medium, closed. Cavity acute, wavy, brown; Stem short, rather stout.