Fruit medium, conical or globular-conical, regular; Surface smooth, almost polished, dull yellowish-green, often bronzed near the base, more or less covered with fine russet. Basin shallow, regular; Eye large, closed. Cavity pointed, wavy; Stem long. Core closed, not meeting the eye; Seeds imperfect; Flesh greenish, firm, inclined to be tough; Flavor acid, poor; Quality third rate; Use, market and cooking only, and valued because it keeps soundly for a long time; Season, December until June. =Ross' Nonpareil.= SPICE RUSSET? OF OHIO. [Illustration: Fig. 162.--ROSS' NONPAREIL.] The delicious fruit about to be described is believed to be the celebrated Irish apple mentioned by Thompson, Lindley, and others; if not, we have found another choice fruit, which deserves to be better known. It is frequently found at the exhibitions in Ohio and Indiana. Often shown as _Spice Russet_, flatter and irregular: _Vide conspectus._ Fruit medium, regular, oblate-conical; Surface smooth, yellowish, thin russet, rarely blushed dull carmine; Dots minute, gray. Basin wide, folded; Eye medium, closed. Cavity deep, acute, wavy; Stem long, inclined. Core regular, open, scarcely meeting the eye; Axis short; Seeds numerous, medium, plump; Flesh white, breaking, fine grained, tender; Flavor sub-acid, aromatic, rich; Quality almost best; for table; Season December. =Spafford Russet.= [Illustration: Fig. 163.--SPAFFORD RUSSET.] This apple is supposed to have originated near old Fort Miami, in Northern Ohio, and was introduced to the notice of the Ohio Pomological Society by its Vice-President, J. Austin Scott, of Toledo, who cultivates the variety on the banks of the Maumee, near the place of its supposed origin. Fruit medium, flattened-conical, regular; Surface smooth, greenish-yellow, lightly russeted, rarely bronzed; Dots minute, green. Basin medium, abrupt, narrow, regular; Eye small, closed. Cavity wide, wavy, green; Stem medium. Core small, open, regular, meeting the eye; Axis short. Seeds numerous, plump, angular; Flesh white, fine grained, juicy; Flavor sub-acid, rich, aromatic, agreeable; Quality good to very good; Use, table; Season, December until March. * * * * * CLASS II.--CONICAL APPLES. +ORDER II.--IRREGULAR OR ANGULAR.+ SECTION 1.--SWEET. SUB-SECTION 1.--SELF-COLORED. =Belden Sweet.= "Grown in Connecticut, very prolific; Fruit medium or below, conic, angular; Skin light yellow, with a warm cheek. Stem medium, in an acute deep cavity; Calyx closed, in a small basin; Flesh white, tender, juicy, saccharine, with a pleasant aromatic flavor; December to March."--(Downing.) =Lyman's Pumpkin Sweet.= POUND SWEET. Origin, the orchard of S. Lyman, Manchester, Connecticut. A very handsome, large, sweet apple, valued for baking and for stock-feeding. Tree vigorous, spreading, drooping, rather productive.