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STATE TOPOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



The above is by no means an exhaustive enumeration of the distinctive fea- 

 tures of apples. I should use them all if I could have all the fruits for exam- 

 ination. This I have despaired of ever doing. I must, as others have done, 

 take the descriptions of other men. These, in many cases, make no mention 

 of the points I wish to know. For example, in very many there is no mention 

 made as to whether a certain apple has any dots or specks on its surface, or 

 nothing is said of the shape, or size, or number of seeds, or the shape of the 

 core, or cells containing the seed. I started off with divisions, making use of 

 the characters in the order above mentioned, but I soon found I could not use 

 them all, or need not use them all in many cases, nor always in the order above 

 stated. On comparing two or more apples, or groups of apples, I make use of 

 just these points, which seem to me most characteristic. In some it may be 

 the basin; in some this may not be a good character. In others the most 

 prominent point of difference between two apples may be the size. If the size 

 be nearly equal, it may be the shape, or color of skin or flesh. So I seize what- 

 ever is the most striking point of contrast between any' two apples or lot of 

 apples in hand. 



ARTIFICIAL KEY TO SWEET APPLES, 



referring to page in Thomas' American Fruit Cnlturist where each is 

 described : 



sweet apples. 



Summer— 

 Striped with red. 

 Not striped nor russet. 



Large, flattened slightly, flesh yellow. 



Conical, ovate, flesh white, 

 Medium, cavity acuminate, basin moderate, 



Cavity shallow, basin shallow, 

 Small, 



Autumn — 



Striped with red. 

 Large, 

 Medium, 

 Not striped nor russet. 

 Flat, 

 Large, rich yellow, 



Greenish, brown cheek, 

 Medium, stem short, skin smooth. 

 Stem long, russet network, 

 Round and large, 

 Ribbed, flesh white, 

 Not ribbed, russe ted, basin small. 

 Pale green, basin large, 

 Conical, medium, angular, 

 Eusseted, 



Page. 

 Foster, 189 



♦Golden Sweet 189 



Sweet Bough, 190 



Golden Sweet, 189 



Manomet, 1S9 



Ilightop Sweet, 1S9 



Richmond, 197 

 Jersey Sweet, 197 



Autumn Swaar, 198 



Haskell Sweet, 19S 



Munson Sweet, 198 



Tillt's Sweet, 19S 



Lyman's Pumpkin Sweet, 198 

 Pumpkin Russet, 198 



Summer Sweet Paradise, 198 



Autumn Sweet Bough, 198 



Pumpkin Russet, 19S 



* There may be some doubt as to whether to call Golden Sweet large or medium in size . so I have 

 included the apple under both headings, large and medium. It will also be observed that I have 

 applied different characters to the Golden Sweet to contrast it with two different apples. 



