Basin abrupt, folded; Eye medium, closed.
Cavity wide, shallow; Stem long, slender.
Core large, round, closed; Seeds pointed, brown; Flesh whitish-yellow, streaked red, breaking, not juicy; Flavor sub-acid, peculiar; Quality scarcely good; Season, July and August.
Willow.
WILLOW TWIG—JAMES RIVER, ETC.
Fig. 236.—WILLOW.
This Virginia fruit has obtained a wide spread notoriety as a valuable market apple throughout the West.
Tree very vigorous, healthy, productive, branching, twiggy, thorny while young; Shoots slender, olive brown.