698. MURPHY.
This is an agreeable, pearmain-flavored apple, strongly resembling indeed the Blue Pearmain. It is a seedling raised by Mr. D. Murphy, of Salem, Massachusetts. Fruit, pretty large, roundish-oblong. Skin, pale red, streaked with darker red, and marked with blotches of the same color. Calyx, set in a narrow basin. Flesh, white, tender, with an agreeable, rather rich flavor. November to February.—[Down. Fr. Amer.] 118.
699. MUSCAT REINETTE.
- Synonyme.—Reinette Musquée.
This is a middle sized, exquisite, and valuable German dessert apple. It is of a somewhat conical shape. The skin is of a beautiful yellow color, covered over two thirds of its surface with dark crimson stripes. The flesh is yellowish-white, juicy, and of an exquisite, rich, aromatic, and sugary flavor, like a mixture of musk, and anise. Ripens in November, and keeps till the summer.—[Diel Kernobst.] iii. 169.
700. MY JOE JANET.
A Scotch apple, cultivated in the Carse of Gowrie orchards. The tree is a good bearer; and the fruit of fine quality.—[M. C. H. S.] iv. 473.
701. NEWARK KING.
This is an American dessert apple, of the middle size, and second-rate quality. It is of a pearmain-shape, green color on the shaded side, and red towards the sun; it is in use from November till February.—[H. S. C.] n. 455