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everywhere successful. Strong heavy clay loams produce the 

 largest fruit, while best quality are grown on sandy loam. Tree, 

 thrifty ; shoots rather slender, spreading ; foliage small. 



Fruity medium to large ; form, round flattened, often quite angu- 

 lar, or largest one side ; colur, light pale yellow ground, mostly over- 

 spread and striped with lively red, russet about cavity of stem ; 

 stem, short ; cavity, acuminate or narrow, deep ; calyx, large ; basin, 

 broad, open, slightly plaited ; flesh, yellowish, crisp, vinous, sub- 

 acid ; core, small ; seeds, large. Season, November to February. 



Wine Sap. 



Wine Sop. 



Probably originated in New-Jersey. First described by Coxe. 

 The tree is hardy, an early and very productive bearer, irregular in 

 its growth, not forming a handsome head, but producing fair fine 

 fruit in all soils, from poor sand to limestone clay — largest in the 

 latter, and finest texture in the former — fine on dry prairies. 



Fruit, medium ; form, ovate conical, flattened at base, some- 

 times roundish conical, occasionally angular and slightly ribbed ; 

 color, grown North, a bright clear red stained and striped with 

 darker shades, and with spot>i of light yellow ; grown South, the 

 dark red becomes most prominent, while the patches of light yel- 

 low at base are more often seen ; it is also more irregular or an- 

 gular in form, and oft with russet about the stem ; stem, varying in 

 length, slender ; cavity, narrow, deep ; calyx, small, nearly closed ; 



