21 6 The AprLES of New York. 



long-lived and reliably productive yielding good crops biennially. It is not 

 considered valuable for commercial planting because the fruit is apt to be 

 undersized and drops badly. By some it is esteemed for home use. 



Historical. Downing states that it originated with Woolsey Ostrander, 

 Plattekill, Ulster county, N. Y. (i). 



Fruit (i). 

 Fruit medium, whitish almost covered with red and overspread with thin 

 bloom. Flesh moderately juicy, a little aromatic, good to very good. Season 

 August and September. 



SUMMER SWEET. 



References, i. Mag. Hort., 14:388. 1848. fig. 2. Cole, 1849:97. 3. 

 Hooper, 1857 :87. 4. Downing, 1869 '.^J^. 



Synonyms. Summer Sweet (2, 3, 4). Summer Sweeting (i). 



A yellow sweet apple ripe in August and September. The tree is of me- 

 dium size, moderately vigorous, spreading, productive. Fruit medium size, 

 roundish oblate inclined to conic; flesh whitish, tender, rich, sweet (2, 4). 



Historical. An old Connecticut apple (i, 2, 4) now but very seldom 

 found in cultiA'ation in New York. 



SWEET BOUGH. 



References, i. (?) Aiiier. Card. Cal., 1806:584. 2. Coxe, 1817:101. fig. 

 3. (?) Thacher, 1822:121. 4. Buel, N. V. Bd. Agr. Mem.. 1826:477. 5. Wil- 

 son, 1828:136. 6. Fessenden, 1828:131. 7. Kenrick, 1832:26. 8. Floy-Lind- 

 ley, 1833:84. 9. Manning, 1838:46. 10. Downing, 1845:74. 11. Hovey, Ma^. 

 Hort., 14:486. 1848. ^.g. 12. Cole, 1849:99. 13. Thomas, 1849:135. 14. 

 Phoenix, Horticulturist, 4:472. 1850. 15. Barry, 1851:279. 16. Am. Pom. 

 Sac. Cat., 1852. 17. Elliott, 1854:109. fig. 18. Flooper, 1857 :20. 19. lb., 

 1857:107, III. 20. Gregg, 1857:35. 21. Warder, 1867:494. Hg. 22. Down- 

 ing, 1869:250. 23. Fitz, 1872:143. 24. /&., 1872 :i6i. 25. Leroy, 1873:154. 

 fig. 26. Dowaiing, 1881:11 index, app. 27. Hogg, 1884:129. 28. Wickson, 

 1889:243. 29. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:235. 30. lb., 1892:243. 31. lb., 1892: 

 250. 32. Amer. Card., 15:404. 1894. fig. 33. Taylor, Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 

 1895:192. 34. Lyon, Mich. Sta. BuL, 143:200, 202. 1897. 35. Woolverton, 

 Out. Fr. Stas. An. Rpt., 4:4. 1897. figs. 36. Beach, W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. 

 Rpt., 1901 :76. 37. Budd-Hansen, 1903 :55. 



Synonyms. August Szveet (22). August Szveeting (12). Autumn Bough 

 (11). Bough (4, 5, 11, 13, 24, 25, 29, 34). Bough (7, 10, 12, 17, 22, 27). 

 Bough Apple (2, 6, 8, 20). Bough, Early Sivect (18). Bough, Siveet (37). 

 (Bow Apple i, 3)? Early Bough (7, 9). Early Bough (11, 25, 27). Early 

 French Rcinette (4). Early Su'cet Bough (10, 11, 13, 17, 22). Early Szveet- 

 hcart (36). Large Bough (21). Large Eaj^ly Bough (28). Large Early 

 Yellow Bough {2y). Large Sweet Bough (19, 30). Large Sweet Bough 

 (15). Large Yellow Bough (10, 16, 22, 23, 26, 27, 33). Large Yellow 



