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waxen, dull, with considerable bloom; core abaxile, small, closed; 

 core-lines clasping ; calyx-tube short, conical ; carpels oval, emar- 

 ginate, slightly tufted; seed large, plump, acute, 8 in number; 

 Hesh tinged with yellow, firm, crisp, tender, juicy, sprightly sub- 

 acid, aromatic; of good quality. 



This apple is very attractive in color and in size and is at least 

 desirable for cooking and would doubtless be relished by most 

 persons as a dessert fruit. It is the general type of Mcintosh 

 externaily except that it is slightly more conic. 



Oswego. Sutton X Northern Spy. — Tree vigorous, upright- 

 spreading, dense-topped, productive ; branches stocky ; leaves 

 numerous, 3% inches long, 2 1-16 inches wide, dark green, 

 slightly pubescent, with finely serrate margin; petiole 1 7-1 G 

 inches long. 



Season, December to April, 2% inches by 3 5-16 inches in 

 size, roundish-conic, ribbed, sides unequal; cavity acute, deep, 

 broad, russetcd, often comj)ressed ; basin deep, abrupt, smooth ; 

 calyx open, large, wdth broad, acute, separated lobes ; color green- 

 ish-yellow oversj)read with dull pinkish red, splashed and striped 

 with darker red, prevailing effect dull red ; dots numerous, large, 

 grayish-russet ; stem % inch long, 'thick ; skin tough, smooth, 

 dull, covered with bloom; core abaxile, large, open; core lines 

 clasping; calyx-tube long, wide, conical; carpels roundish, 

 slightly emarginate ; seed often abnormal being grown together, 

 usually small, wide, short, plump, obtuse, 12 in number; flesh 

 yellowish, firm, crisp, tender, juicy, brisk subacid; very good in 

 quality. 



Oswego resembles Xorthern Spy, though larger, more conical, 

 and brighter in color. The flesh, in color and texture, resembles 

 Spy but the flavor, while equal to that variety, is not that of 

 the Spy. 



Otsego. Ben Davis X Mcintosh. — Tree vigorous, upright- 

 spreading, open-topped, productive; branches stocky; leaves 

 numerous, 3% inches long, 2i/4 inches wide, medium green, 

 pubescent, with slightly crenate margins; petiole 1% inches long. 



Season, ISTovember to February; 2Vs inches by 2 5-16 inches 

 in size, oblong-conic, oblique, not uniform; cavity acute, deep, 

 russeted, compressed; basin shallow, narrow,, obtuse, furrowed, 



