Fruit medium, small on old trees, round, truncated at the ends, making it look cylindrical, mostly symmetrical, but large specimens often somewhat irregular; Surface very smooth, often polished, deep red all over, stripes indistinct; Dots minute, indented.
Basin wide, regular, or folded; Eye small, closed.
Cavity deep, acute, regular, brown; Stem very short.
Core medium, round, regular, closed; Seeds few, large, plump; Flesh greenish-yellow, firm, juicy; Flavor sweet, rich; Quality poor for dessert, though it is eatable in the spring—valuable for its cider from the richness of the must. Keeps sound until May—bruises do not rot as in other apples. Valuable also for stock.
Its early bearing makes it very desirable in a new country, and in the prairies it has received the soubriquet of "Dollars and Cents."
Hall.
HALL'S SEEDLING—HALL'S RED.
Fig. 190.—HALL.
From Franklin County, North Carolina, and now being spread throughout the Western States as a fruit of great promise.