Excerpt from Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue and Price List, 1900: Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Etc Apple. Midseason; extremely large; has the general appearance of an apple. Rich, reddish purple; flesh firm, pale red, with rich, high flavor. Tree vigorous and productive. One of the best of shippers. Chalco. A cross of Prunus Simonz' and Burbank. The fruit, which ripens just before the Burbank, is large, flat, like a tomato, reddish purple sweet, firm, fragrant, with yellow flesh and small seed. - burbank. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.