Cavity wide, wavy or regular, brown; Stem short, stout. Core medium to large, regular, closed, meeting the eye; Seeds numerous, medium, plump, sometimes imperfect; Flesh yellowish, breaking, tender, juicy; Flavor acid to sub-acid; Quality good; Market and kitchen, too large for dessert; Season, December, January. =Western Spy.= Origin Jefferson County, Ohio. Tree healthy but medium growth, very productive; exhibited by Joel Wood. Fruit large, roundish-oblate, uneven; Surface smooth, yellow, blushed; Dots numerous, minute, with white bases. Basin abrupt, uneven; Eye large, closed. Cavity medium, wavy; Stem short. Core wide, closed, not meeting the eye; Seeds numerous, large, plump; Flesh yellow, breaking; Flavor acid; quality pretty good; Use, kitchen, table; Season, December, January. * * * * * CLASS I.--FLAT APPLES. +ORDER II.--IRREGULAR.+ SECTION 2.--ACID. SUB-SECTION 2.--STRIPED. =Berry.= Not having enjoyed an opportunity of examining this fruit, I quote from my friend Chas. Downing. "Origin Virginia or North Carolina. Tree vigorous, upright, very productive, and a valuable market fruit. "Fruit rather above medium, obliquely depressed; Skin striped and splashed with red, on greenish-yellow ground, with large dots, having a dark center; Stem short, in a generally broad, deep cavity; Calyx open; Basin shallow, and uneven; Flesh rather coarse, juicy, with a pleasant sub-acid flavor; November to March." =Buff.= For description of this fruit I take Downing's quotation from _White's Gardener_: "Origin uncertain; Tree vigorous, erect; Fruit very large, irregular, roundish flattened and slightly irregular; Skin thick, yellow, striped, and shaded with red, very dark next the sun, marked with a few greenish russet spots; Stem three-fourths of an inch long, in a medium cavity; Calyx in a large, irregular basin; Flesh white, and when fully ripened, tender and excellent, sometimes indifferent; November to March." =Dana.= From Gabriel Sleath, near Cincinnati, Ohio. The origin of this pleasant dessert apple is not known. Tree large, productive. Fruit small, flat, somewhat angular; Surface smooth, rich yellow partially covered mixed red, distinctly striped carmine; Dots pale fawn or yellow; heavy white bloom. Basin shallow, leather-cracked; Eye small, long, closed. Cavity medium, regular; Stem quite long, slender. Core wide, regular, open, clasping; Seeds numerous, short, plump, brown; Flesh yellow, very fine grained, very juicy; Flavor sub-acid, sprightly, agreeable; Quality good to very good; Use, dessert; Season, August. =Gravenstein.= [Illustration: Fig. 132.--GRAVENSTEIN.] This fine European apple is said to have originated at Gravenstein, Holstein. It has long been in this country, where it succeeds very well. Tree vigorous, spreading, productive; Shoots vigorous; Leaves long, rolled, showing the white underside.