V2A 



SYSTKMA Tir POMOhOCT 



seeds small, plump, obtuse; Hesh wliitc, firm, (iric, crisp, tender, juicy, sweet;' 

 ^'oo(i to very ^ood ; November to March. 



329. Ramsdell Sweet. Hurl but. — Ramsdcll Sweet was once 

 popular because of the handsome red color and good quality 

 of the apples. The trees are not fruitful enou^rh to give the 

 variety value for commercial plantations. Ramsdell Sweet was 

 brought to notice by Rev. H. S, Ramsdell, Thompson, Connecti- 

 cut, about 1838. Its cultivation is confined to the East and 

 North. 



Tree vigorous, upright, open. Fruit medium or large, variable in size, 

 round-conic, often faintly ribbed; stem short, slender, often red; cavity 

 acuminate, deep, broad, symmetrical, often russeted ; calyx small, closed or 

 open; lobes narrow, abrupt, faintly furrowed and wrinkled; skin thin, 

 tough, smooth, yellow, overspread with dark red, with obscure splashes 

 and stripes of carmine, overspread with bloom; dots many, distinct, large, 

 pale yellow or gray, often submerged; calyx-tube large, long, cylindrical; 

 stamens median; core small, axile or abaxile; cells closed or open; core- 

 lines clasping; carpels ovate; seeds small, narrow, plump, acute; flesh 

 yellow, firm, fine, tender, juicy, sweet; good to very good; October to 

 February. 



DIVISION B. SOUR APPLES 



Section IV. Early Apples 



Group 6. Green Apples 



330. Yellow Transparent (Fig. 53). — Earliness is the chief 

 asset of the variety, though, if not over-ripe, the apples are very 

 good culinary fruits, and at the proper 

 stage of maturity are acceptable for dessert. 

 The apples are above medium size, and have 

 a clear yellow color. The chief faults are : 

 the fruits on old trees run small and uneven 

 in size and shape ; the tender flesh shows 

 bruises readily ; and the fruits can never be 

 kept long nor shipped far. The trees are 

 small and lack health and productiveness, 

 but come in bearing very early and are extremely hardy. The 

 variety was imported from Russia in 1870, and is now grown 

 from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 



Fig. .53. Yellow 

 Transparent. 



