 | Charles Mason Hovey - Botany - 1853 - 596 pages
...a carmine cheek ; stem one-half an inch by one-sixteenth ; cavity rather wide, acuminate, msseted ; basin shallow, plaited, not in eating order. Lesher.—Large,...appearance with the advance of the season. Evening Party.—This is the third time this delicious little apple has been submitted to our examination,... | |
 | American Pomological Society - Fruit-culture - 1854 - 268 pages
...a yellow ground; stem three-quarters of an inch long, slender, inserted in a deep, open, russetted cavity; basin narrow, deep, furrowed; flesh crisp ; texture fine ; flavor pleasant; quality very good. The Hess—a native of Conestoga, Lancaster County—size medium ; form variable, sometimes roundish,... | |
 | Franklin Reuben Elliott - Fruit - 1854 - 528 pages
...county, Pa. Large, oblong, conical, striped and mottled with red on a yellow ground : stem, slender ; deep, open russeted cavity ; basin, narrow, deep, furrowed ; flesh, crisp ; texture, fine; " very good." (WDB) HELEN'S FAVORITE.. From Troy, Ohio. Fruit, medium, roundish, dark red shades, light... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1855 - 622 pages
...a yellow ground ; stem three-quarters of an inch long, slender, inserted in a deep, open, russetted cavity ; basin narrow, deep, furrowed ; flesh crisp ; texture fine ; flavor pleasant ; quality very good. The Hess. — A native of Conestoga, Lancaster county; size, medium; form, variable, sometimes... | |
 | Franklin Reuben Elliott - 1855 - 524 pages
...county, Pa. Large, oblong, conical, striped and mottled ' •with red on a yellow ground ; stem, slender; deep, open russeted cavity; basin, narrow, deep, furrowed; flesh, crisp; texture, fine ; " very good." (WDB) HELEN'S FAVORITE.. From Troy, Ohio. Fruit, medium, roundish, dark red shades,... | |
 | Franklin Reuben Elliott - Fruit - 1858 - 516 pages
...county, Pa. Large, oblong, conical, striped and mottled with red on a yellow ground ; stem, slender; deep, open russeted cavity; basin, narrow, deep, furrowed ; flesh, crisp ; texture, fine ; " very good." (WDB) HELEN'S FAVORITE.. From Troy, Ohio. Fruit, medium, roundish, dark red shades,... | |
 | United States. Patent Office - Patents - 1855 - 832 pages
...a yellow ground ; stem three-quarters of an inch long, slender, inserted in a deep, open, russetted cavity ; basin narrow, deep, furrowed ; flesh crisp ; texture fine ; flavor pleasant ; quality very good. The Hess. — A native of Conestoga, Lancaster county; size, medium; form, variable, sometimes... | |
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... very good."—From WG Waring. The Hector.—A seedling apple of Chester County : large, oblong, conical, striped and mottled with red on a yellow ground ; stem three-quarters of an inch long, slender, inserted in a deep, open, russeted cavity; basin... 