d in a shallow cavity under a fleshy protuberance. Calyx set in a
rather narrow basin, with a few plaits. Core hollow. Flesh tender,
juicy, with a rich, pleasant, musky flavor. Very good. November to
March.

SNOW.

_Synonyms_: Fameuse and Snow Chimney.

A very celebrated Canada fruit (probably an old French variety), which
has its name from the snow-white color of its flesh, or, as some say,
from the village from whence it was first taken to England. It is an
excellent, productive, autumn apple, and is especially valuable in
northern latitudes. Tree moderately vigorous, round-headed, hardy. Young
shoots reddish brown. Fruit of medium size, roundish, somewhat
flattened. Skin with a ground of pale, greenish yellow, mixed with faint
streaks of pale red on the shady side, but marked with blotches and
short stripes of darker red, and becoming a fine, deep red in the sun.
Stalk quite slender, half an inch long, planted in a narrow,
funnel-shaped cavity. Calyx small, and set in a shallow, rather narrow
basin. Flesh remarkably white, very tender, juicy, and with a slight
perfume. Very good. Ripe in October and November. A regular bearer and a
handsome dessert fruit. There is a variety under the name Striped
Fameuse, claimed to be distinct, the fruit being more striped and less
highly colored.

AUTUMN STRAWBERRY.

_Synonym_: Late Strawberry.

Origin, Aurora, N. Y., on lands formerly owned by Judge Phelps. Tree
vigorous, upright, spreading, hardy. Young wood smooth, reddish brown; a
regular and early bearer. Fruit medium, roundish, inclined to conic,
sometimes obscurely ribbed. Color whitish, striped and splashed with
light and dark red, and often covered with a thin bloom. Stalk rather
long, slender, curved. Cavity large, deep, slightly russeted. Basin
abrupt, corrugated. Flesh yellowish white, tender, juicy, pleasant,
vinous subacid. Very good. October to December.

GILPIN.

_Synonyms_: Carthouse, Small Romanite, Gray Romanite, Roman Knight,
Romanite of the West, and Little Romanite.

A handsome cider fruit, from Virginia, which is also a good table fruit
from February to May. A very hardy, vigorous and fruitful tree. Fruit of
medium size, roundish, oblong. Skin very smooth and handsome, richly
streaked with deep red and yellow. Stalk short, deeply inserted. Calyx
in a round, rather deep basin. Flesh yellow, firm, juicy, and rich,
becoming tender and sprightly in the spring. Good.

MILAM.

_Synonyms_: Ha