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axile, closed; core-lines clasping; carpels elliptic, emarginate; seeds large, 

 long, acute; flesh yellow, firm, coarse, crisp, tender, juicy, sweet; very 

 good in quality; October to January. 



327. Lady Sweet. — The fruits are superior in size, color, 

 flavor, and keeping qualities. The trees come in bearing young 

 and bear regularly and heavily, though they are not vigorous, are 

 short-lived, and often suffer from winter-injury. Lady Sweet 

 originated near Newburgh, New York, and was brought to notice 

 by Downing in 1845. It is a general favorite in the North 

 Atlantic states and the Middle West. 



Tree upright-spreading, vigorous. Fruit large, uniform in size and 

 shg.pe, round-conic, often approaching oblong-conic, irregularly elliptical, 

 often ribbed, symmetrical; stem short; cavity acute, deep, narrow, some- 

 times wide, gently furrowed, often russeted, sometimes lipped; calyx small, 

 closed, pubescent; basin small, narrow, shallow, abrupt, furrowed; skin 

 thin, smooth, yellow overspread with bright red splashed with carmine, 

 mottled and striped with white scarf-skin about the cavity; dots con- 

 spicuous, pale areolar with russet point or submerged; calyx-tube conical; 

 stamens basal; core small, axile to abaxile; cells not uniformly developed, 

 closed; core-lines meeting or clasping; carpels broad, round to round- 

 ovate, mucronate, sometimes emarginate, tufted; flesh yellow, firm, fine, 

 crisp, tender, juicy, sweet, with a distinct and pleasant aroma; very good 

 to best; November to May. 



328. Sweet Winesap (Fig. 52). Hendrick Sweet.— The fruits 

 are a handsome red, large, well-turned, symmetrical, and uni- 

 form; excellent for dessert or culinary uses; and sufficiently 

 firm of flesh and tough of skin to stand marketing and storage. 

 The trees are lacking in vigor and hardiness, but are usually 

 healthy, long-lived, and productive. It seems to have been 

 described first in 1854. 



Tree medium in size, vigorous, upright-spreading, dense. Fruit medium 

 to large, round-conic, wide and flattened at the base, regular or elliptical, 

 symmetrical; stem short, slender; cavity acuminate, shallow, wide, sym- 

 metrical or gently furrowed, sometimes partly russeted; cnlyx open; lobes 

 long, acuminate; basin large, often oblique, round, deep, wide, abrupt; 

 skin tough, smooth, pale yellow overspread with bright red, plainly marked 

 with long narrow carmine stripes, covered with a thin bloom and often 

 with thin light gray scarf-skin; dots small, scattering, white or russet; 

 calyx-tube funnel-shape with broad yellow limb and narrow cylinder; 

 stamens median ; core small, axile or sometimes abaxile ; cells closed or 

 partly open; core-lines clasping; carpels flat, broadly elliptical, emarginate; 



