Fruit large, flat, regular; Surface green, bronzy; Dots numerous, large, white.
Basin deep; Eye small, closed.
Cavity deep, acute, wavy; Stem short.
Core closed; Seeds numerous, plump; Flesh yellow, juicy; Flavor sweet, rich; Quality very good; Use, baking; Season August, September.
A practical test at the table of mine host must convince any one that either the apple or the cook, or both, are eminently deserving. This is supposed to be the Massachusetts variety of the same name.
Hay Boys.
I do not know where this summer apple was produced, or christened with its peculiar cognomen; Specimens received from H.N. Gillett, Lawrence Co., Ohio.
Fruit large, oblate, regular or slightly angular; Surface pale yellow; Dots numerous, dark, prominent.
Basin wide, abrupt, wavy; Eye medium, closed.