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Flesh whitish with yellow tinge, firm, breaking or loose-grained, tender, 

 moderately juicy or when over-ripe rather dry, very sweet, good to very good. 

 Season December to April or Alay. 



SWEET KING. 



Reference, i. Downing, 1869:376. 



A striped red apple of medium size, sweet flavor and good to very good 

 quality; in season from October to March (i). It originated at Oyster Bay, 

 Nassau county. So far as we have discovered it has not been cultivated out- 

 side the locality of its origin. 



SWEET RUSSET. 



Reference, i. Downing, 1869:377. 

 Synonym. Su)iimer Russet (i). 



Various varieties have been cultivated under the name Sweet Russet. The 

 one here noticed. Downing states (i) has been grown in New York, iNIassa- 

 chusetts and elsewhere and is a good apple for culinary use, in season from 

 November to March. The fruit is medium in size, yellow, mostly covered 

 with patches and network of russet and the flesh is rich and sweet. We do 

 not know this variety and we have no report of its being grown anywhere 

 in New York at the present time. 



SWEET WINESAP. 



References, i. Elliott, 1854:160 — not the Sweet Winesap of Downing. 2. 

 Warder, 1867:721. 734. 3. Downing, 1869:378. 4. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1871: 



10. 5. Thomas, 1875:501. 6. lb., 1875:514. 7. Lyon, Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 

 1890:298. 8. Thomas, 1897:270. 9. Budd-Hansen, 1903:186. 10. Beach and 

 Clark, N. Y. Sta. Bui, 248:124. 1904. 11. Ragan, U. S. B. P. I. Bui, 56:141. 

 1905. 12. lb., 56:170. 1905. 13. lb., 56:304, 305- 1905- 



Synonyms. Bailey Sweet (10) incorrectly. Hendrick (10). Hendrick 

 Szi'cet (10). Hexrick (ii). Henrick Sweet (2, 5). Hcnrick Szceet (7, 8, 



11, 13, ?3)- Henry Szveet (3, 13). Ladies' Szi'eet of some (3, 12, 13), but 

 erroneously. Lady Szveet of some, but erroneously. Lady Szveeting of some, 

 but erroneously. Red Szveet Winesap (3, 13). Rose Szveet. Sweet Pe.\r- 

 MAiN (8). Szveet Pcarmain of some (3, 13). Sweet Wine S.\p (6). 



An attractive red winter apple, symmetrical, uniform, of good 



medium size, or. under favorable conditions, rather large. It is 



excellent in quality for dessert or for baking or other culinary uses. 



Some fruit growers report that the tree is satisfactorily hardy, but 



others find that it is a little lacking in hardiness and for that reason 



prefer to top-work it upon some vigorous, hardy stock such as 



Northern Spy, Roxbury or Golden Russet. It is usually healthy 



and moderately long-lived. It tends to form a rather dense head, 



particularly where thorough tillage is practiced, and for this reason 

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