VARIETIES OF APPLES 221 



land, where it originated at Medford, Massachusetts, about 

 1860. 



Tree medium to large, vigorous, spreading. Fruit medium to large, 

 round, inclined to conic, sometimes oblate, symmetrical ; stem short ; cavity 

 wide, deep, acute, sometimes furrowed or compressed, seldom russeted; 

 calyx closed or partly open; basin often abrupt, round, medium in width 

 and depth; skin tough, waxen, glossy, yellow with a bright blush; dots 

 obscure white or russet; calyx-tube cone-shape; stamens median; core large, 

 abaxile; cells symmetrical, open or partly closed; core-lines clasping; 

 carpels large, round to broad-obovate; seeds numerous, acute; flesh yellow, 

 firm, coarse, very tender, crisp, juicy, aromatic, very sAveet; good; October 

 to April. 



324. Pumpkin Sweet (Fig. 50). Potmd Sweet.— Thk is the 

 standard sweet apple of its season. The fruits are esteemed 

 for baking, canning, and stewing, but are 

 too coarse for dessert. In the markets the 

 variety is generally known as Pound Sweet. 

 The trees are very satisfactory excepting in 

 hardiness, as they suffer both from winter- 

 injury and from sun-scald. This variety 



has been much confused with other sweet _ ^^ „ 



-,. . -IT, • 1 f^iG. i)0. Pumpkin 



apples, but can be distinguished by its large Sweet, 



fruits, of greenish-yellow color, sometimes 

 bronzed on the cheek, but never marked with red nor with russet 

 except about the cavity. It originated in the orchard of S. Ly- 

 man, Manchester, Connecticut, early in the nineteenth century. 



Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading, open, with long stout branches. 

 Fruit large or very large, round-conic, sometimes prominently ribbed; stem 

 very short, stout, often inserted under a lip or having a fleshy protuber- 

 ance; cavity acuminate, deep, narrow, often furrowed or lipped, sometimes 

 russeted; calyx large, open; lobes separated at the base, short, broad, acute; 

 basin small, deep, narrow, abrupt, often furrowed or wrinkled; skin thin, 

 tough, smooth, yellow marbled with greenish-yellow, with stripes of white 

 scarf-skin radiating from the cavity; dots conspicuous, white, often areolar 

 with russet center; calyx-tube wide, conical; stamens median; core large, 

 axile; cells closed or open; core-lines clasping; carpels thin, broadly round, 

 but slightly emarginate if at all, often tufted; seeds small, wide, plump, 

 acute, light brown, tufted; flesh yellow, firm, crisp and juicy, sweet with a 

 peculiar flavor ; good ; October to January. 



325. Tolman Sweet (Fig. 51). Tallman Sweet. — This is the 

 leading sweet apple of this continent. The fruit characters 



