Tree thrifty, upright, moderately productive; Fruit oblong, cylindrical; Surface smooth, yellow; Dots distinct, gray, not numerous.
Basin wide, shallow, finely plaited; Eye long, closed.
Cavity medium, greenish; Stem long.
Core small, pyriform, regular, closed, clasping; Seeds plump, pointed; Flesh yellow, tender, fine-grained, juicy; Flavor acid, rich; Quality very good; Use, table; Season, mid-winter.
A choice dessert fruit.
Grimes' Golden.
Fig. 274.—GRIMES' GOLDEN.
Another apple of similar and equally high character. Origin, Brooke County, Virginia. Introduced to the State Pomological Society by our zealous fellow member S.B. Marshall, Massillon, Ohio, who obtained it from N. Wood, of Belmont County.
Tree vigorous, healthy, spreading, productive, bears early; Shoots stout, dark; Foliage abundant, dark green.