Tree of the largest size among Apples.
Wood bright chestnut, sprinkled with numerous
whitish spots ; strong and erect.
Leaves flat, nearly oval, acuminate, regularly
serrated. S tipules small, lanceolate.
Flowers opening rather early. P etals large,
pale blush, somewhat cordate at the base, where
they closely imbricate each other.
Fruit large. Eye generally close, deeply sunk.
S talk about an inch long, deeply inserted. Skin
sprinkled with numerous small russet, white, and
green spots. Colour, on the shaded side, greenish
yellow ; on the sunny side, rich, deep, dull red,
streaked and mottled. F lesh yellow, hard, crisp,
very juicy, with a delicious, aromatic, subacid
flavour.
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