Basin rather shallow, wide, abrupt; Eye small, closed, or open from breaking of the calyx. Cavity acute, regular, brown; Stem short, thick. Core medium, regular, closed; Seeds numerous, large, angular; Flesh yellow, firm, breaking, juicy; Flavor acid to sub-acid, rich; Quality good, for market and kitchen; Season, November and December. =Winter Queen.=--[_Coxe._] FALL QUEEN--KENTUCKY QUEEN--ROBERTSON'S SUPERB (of Ga.) [Illustration: Fig. 117.--WINTER QUEEN.] This is a favorite, of southern origin, and has many synonyms. An excellent apple for drying, for family use and for market. Tree thrifty, upright, productive, early bearer; limbs long and parallel while young; shoots dark, stout; foliage large, broad, rather pale. Fruit large, often very large, globular-oblate, somewhat conic, regular; Surface smooth, often polished, yellow, almost wholly obscured with marbled dull red, and darker stripes that are often lost in the depth of tint; Dots generally small, indented; often a slight bloom covers the fruit, but it is easily removed, when the skin appears to be polished. Basin deep, abrupt, narrow, often wavy or even ribbed; Eye medium, closed. Cavity deep, wide, green, wavy or regular; Stem medium. Core regular, closed, meeting, not clasping the eye axis is sometimes very short; Seeds large, plump; Flesh greenish-white, tender, almost melting, juicy; Flavor mild sub-acid, agreeable; Quality good to very good; Use dessert, kitchen and drying; Season October to January. =Yost.= Having been disappointed in receiving this apple, I give Dr. W.D. Brinckle's ad interim report: Fruit rather large, roundish-oblate, beautifully striped, and delicately mottled with crimson on yellow ground; Stem short; Cavity wide, deep; Flesh yellow, tender, juicy; Flavor pleasant; Quality very good. * * * * * CLASS I.--FLAT APPLES. +ORDER I.--REGULAR.+ SECTION 2.--SOUR. SUB-SECTION 3.--RUSSET. =Perry Russet.= [Illustration: Fig. 118.--PERRY RUSSET.] This variety is grown to some extent in the North-west. The specimen from which the description is made, was exhibited by Mr. Utters, at a meeting of the North-western Fruit Growers, in 1850. Fruit medium to large, oblate, regular; Surface smooth, yellow, covered with fine russet; Dots minute, scattered. Basin medium, regular, wavy; Eye large, closed. Cavity medium, regular or wavy, brown; Stem medium size and length. Core small, closed, meeting the eye; Seeds few, plump, brown; Flesh yellow, fine grained, juicy; Flavor acid, rich; Quality almost best, for table or kitchen; Season, December and January. =Pomme Grise.= [Illustration: Fig. 119.--POMME GRISE.] Supposed to be of French or Canadian origin. Tree sufficiently vigorous, productive; shoots slender. Fruit small, roundish-oblate, regular; Surface even but hardly smooth, yellow, overspread with fine russet, rarely blushed. Basin wide, regular, sometimes abrupt; Eye very small, closed.