VARIETIES OF APPLES 



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Section II. Midseason Apples 



Group 2. Yellow Apples 



320. Golden Sweet (Fig. 47).— This is 

 variety for home use. The fruits are sur- 

 passed by those of few other sweet apples 

 in richness and sweetness of flavor; while 

 of only medium size, they are very attrac- 

 tive in appearance, being uniform in size 

 and shape and having a handsome clear yel- 

 low color. The variety is at least a century 

 old, probably from Connecticut, but now 

 grown in all apple regions. 



a standard early 



Fig. 



47. Golden 

 Sweet. 



Tree large, vigorous, spreading or drooping, dense. Fruit large, uniform 

 in size and shape, round, round-oblate or ovate, regular or faintly ribbed; 

 stem very long, thick; cavity acute, of medium depth and width, sym- 

 metrical, usually partly russeted, often with outspreading russet rays; 

 calyx small, closed; lobes narrow, acute; basin shallow, narrow, obtuse, 

 smooth, symmetrical, furrowed; skin thin, tender, smooth, waxy, pale yel- 

 low; calyx-tube medium in width, cone-shape; stamens median; core 

 small, abaxile; cells often unsymmetrical, open; core-lines clasping the 

 funnel cylinder; carpels ovate; seeds small, narrow, angular, acute, brown; 

 flesh yellow, firm, fine-grained, tender, juicy, very sweet, aromatic; good to 

 very good; mid-August to late September. 



Group 3. Red Apples 



321. Victoria Sweet (Fig. 48). — The fruits are easily identi- 

 fied by their dark red color and large con- 

 spicuous dots, which call to mind varieties 

 in the Blue Pearmain group. In quality, 

 while a little coarse, the apples are good to 

 very good for either culinary uses or dessert. 



Victoria is now grown only in New York, in 

 Fig. 48. V i c t o r i a , . , . ^ ^ . , ' ,^ 



Sweet. which state it came to notice about 1840. 



Tree vigorous, spreading, with short, stocky, crooked branches. Fruit 

 of medium size, round-conic, flattened at the base, faintly and broadly 

 ribbed; stem short, thick; cavity deep, broad, often lipped, yellow-russet 

 often overspreading the cavity; calyx small, closed or partly open; lobes 



