Frank or Chenango.
CHENANGO STRAWBERRY.
This beautiful apple has been called also the Late Strawberry. So, to avoid confusion, perhaps, it were better to adopt its local name Frank. It is a native of New York.
Fruit medium to large oblong, tapering, irregular; Surface smooth, beautifully striped on waxen yellow.
Basin folded and plaited, abrupt; Eye medium, closed.
Cavity acuminate; Stem medium.
Flesh tender, juicy; Flavor sub-acid, aromatic; Quality very good; Use, dessert; Season, autumn.
Minister.
This New England apple was introduced by Mr. Manning; when he brought it before the American Pomological Society, it met with so much favor from the members of that body that it was adopted and recommended. In the Western States it has failed to give satisfaction and is generally discarded, but further North it may do as well as in New England. In Ohio it becomes an autumn apple, and is only used for cooking, when we have plenty of others that are preferred.
Tree healthy, vigorous, early bearer, and constantly productive.