Tree thrifty, very productive; Fruit small, globular, truncated, regular, handsome; Surface smooth, mixed bright red, and splashed crimson on pale yellow; Dots few, minute.
Basin shallow, wide, regular; Eye small but long, closed; Calyx reflexed.
Cavity deep, regular, brown; Stem medium to long, slender.
Core medium, regular, closed, or slightly open, clasping; Seeds numerous, angular, dark; Flesh yellow, firm, fine-grained, juicy; Flavor sub-acid, agreeable; Use, dessert; Season, December till March or longer; Quality very good.
Beauty of Kent.
A large English apple, well adapted to the kitchen. Tree upright, vigorous, rather productive.
Fruit large to very large, roundish, flattened, somewhat conic, regular; Surface greenish yellow, more or less covered with bright red mixed, and splashed with a darker hue; Dots small.
Basin quite shallow, regular; Eye very small closed.
Cavity medium, acute, wavy, green; Stem medium to short.
Core regular, medium, ovate, slightly open, clasping the eye; Seeds angular, imperfect; Flesh whitish yellow, breaking, juicy; Flavor acid; Quality only good; Use, cooking and market, for which it is well adapted by its size and appearance; Season, September and October.