Fruit of medium size, flat. Skin, lively greenish-yellow in the shade, with stripes and splashes of bright red in the sun, and pretty large russet specks. Stalk, long and slender, planted in a wide cavity, and inclining to one side. Calyx, small, in a broad basin moderately sunk. Flesh, white, exceedingly tender and juicy, with a sprightly, pleasant, though not a high flavor.
Young wood of a smooth, lively, light brown, and the trees are the most rapid growers, and prodigious bearers that are known—the branches being literally weighed down by the rope-like clusters of fruit. An American variety, in use from December till April.—[Down. Fr. Amer.] 107.
515. DOMINISKA.
- Synonymes.—Herrnapfel; Götterapfel.
A very large and durable apple, often five inches in diameter, and belonging to the Rambour family. It has not only a very rich aroma, but its flesh is very delicious and agreeable.—[Christ Handworterb], 34.
It is in use from December till April.
516. DOONSIDE.
A Scotch apple peculiar to the Ayrshire orchards, it is of medium size, and first-rate quality as a dessert apple; in use from September till December. The tree is hardy and productive.—[Laws. Cat.]