* * * * * CLASS II.--CONICAL APPLES. +ORDER I.--REGULAR.+ SECTION 2.--SOUR. SUB-SECTION 3.--RUSSET. =American Golden Russet.= BULLOCK'S PIPPIN, ETC. [Illustration: Fig. 159.--AMERICAN GOLDEN RUSSET.] This delicious table apple is a universal favorite with all who can appreciate delicacy of flavor and fineness of flesh in an apple, and yet it is not a profitable variety for orchard planting, because the fruit is very apt to be imperfect. The best I have seen were from the South, and sandstone soils. Tree vigorous, upright, round-headed, small; Foliage large, healthy. Fruit small to medium, round-conic, regular when perfect; Surface smooth, yellow, covered with thin russet, sometimes faintly blushed; Dots minute. Basin shallow, regular; Eye small, closed. Cavity acute, regular; Stem long, slender. Core medium, closed, meeting the eye; Seeds numerous, pointed; Flesh yellowish, very fine grained, tender, when fully ripe almost melting, like a pear, juicy, becoming dry when over ripe; Flavor sub-acid, rich, aromatic; Quality very best; Use, dessert; Season, November and December. =Cheesborough.= This is one of the largest and one of the poorest of the Russet apples, and unworthy of cultivation; on that account put upon record to be avoided. Fruit large and fair, conical, regular; Surface dull green, overspread with thin russet, or more southward. Basin irregular, green; Eye large, closed. Cavity pointed, regular; Stem short. Core large, closed, clasping; Seeds long, pointed, angular; Flesh green, breaking, coarse, often dry; Flavor acid or sub-acid, not rich; Quality poor; Use, kitchen only; Season, November and December. =Egyptian Russet.= BAGBY RUSSET. [Illustration: Fig. 160.--EGYPTIAN RUSSET.] This capital dessert fruit was found in Southern Illinois and introduced to his fellow pomologists of the State Society by Jno. M. Hunter, nurseryman, of Ashley. Its origin is unknown, but supposed, like the pioneers of the region, to have come from Tennessee, or some other Southern State. Tree symmetrical, moderately vigorous, productive; Twigs slender. Fruit medium, regular, conical, truncated; Surface smooth, light yellow, covered with fine russet, obscurely striped gray. Basin wide, wavy, plaited, green; Eye medium to large, open. Cavity acute, wavy; Stem medium. Core irregular, closed, scarcely meeting the eye; Seeds large, plump; Flesh very tender, fine grained, juicy; Flavor sub-acid, aromatic, rich, pear-like; Quality _very best_; Use, dessert; Season, December and January, until March. Like other russets disposed to wilt if too much exposed to the air. =Poughkeepsie Russet.= ENGLISH RUSSET. [Illustration: Fig. 161.--POUGHKEEPSIE RUSSET.] Origin New York; Tree tender, vigorous, upright, productive; Shoots brown, slender; Foliage healthy.