VARIETIES OF APPLES 



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Fig. 



95. Jewett 

 Red. 



pels ovate or obovate, tufted_, mucronate, slightly emarginate if at all; 

 seeds few, large, long, irregular, obtuse, often abortive, tufted; flesh yellow, 

 coarse, crisp, tender, aromatic, juicy, subacid; very good to best; October 

 to April. 



416. Jewett Red (Fig. 95). Nodhead. — ^Jewett Red is an early 

 winter apple of the Blue Pearmain type, _ 

 highly esteemed in parts of New England. 

 The apples are handsomely colored, and the 

 quality is excellent, the flavor being a pleas- 

 ing mingling of sweet and sour. The trees 

 are precocious in bearing, but grow slowly 

 and are seldom productive. The variety 

 originated at Hollis, New Hampshire, early in 

 the nineteenth century ; by wiiom is not known. 



Tree small, spreading, open. Fruit of medium size, uniform in size and 

 shape, round-oblate, sides unequal, obscurely ribbed, often irregular; stem 

 short; cavity variable, acute, shallow, wide, furrowed obscurely, green or 

 russeted, sometimes lipped; calyx small, open or partly closed; lobes broad, 

 short, obtuse; basin shallow, wide, obtuse, obscurely furrowed and wrinkled; 

 skin thin, tough, smooth, dark red over yellow background, often deepening 

 to purplish-red and obscurely marked with broken stripes and splashes of 

 carmine; dots numerous, conspicuous, pale yellow with characteristic scarf- 

 skin overspreading the base; calyx-tube narrow, funnelform; stamens 

 median; core axile; cells closed or open; core-lines clasping; carpels oval, 

 elongated, emarginate; seeds numerous, clear reddish-brown, small; flesh 

 yellow, fine, tender, juicy, pleasantly aromatic, mild subacid; good to very 

 good; October to February. 



417. Paragon (Fig. 96) is probably a seedling of Wine- 

 sap, which it greatly resembles in tree 

 and fruit. It is not easily distinguished, 

 either, from Arkansas, which is also thought 

 to be an offspring of Winesap. The va- 

 riety thrives only in regions where Winesap 

 grows well, and is inferior to the older 

 sort. Paragon originated on the farm of 



Major Rankin Toole, Fayetteville, Tennessee, about 1830. 



Fig. 9G. Paragon. 



Tree vigorous, round-spreading, inclined to droop, dense, with short, 

 stout, twisted branches. Fruit medium or large, round or sometimes 

 oblate, sides often unequal; stem medium in length and thickness; cavity 

 obtuse, shallow to wide and deep, symmetrical, often furrowed or com- 



