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often compressed or gently furrowed. Calyx small to medium, usually closed : 

 lobes long, narrow, acuminate, pubescent. Basin variable, pubescent, often 

 somewhat saucer-shaped, narrow to rather wide, moderately shallow, obtuse 

 to moderately abrupt, furrowed. 



Skin moderately thick, rather tough, deep yellow or greenish partly or en- 

 tirely covered with russet. In highly colored specimens the cheek is often 

 partly smooth and yellowish-brown mottled and striped with bright dark red. 

 Dots gray or whitish, scattering and usually inconspicuous. 



Calyx tube cone-shape. Stamens basal or nearly so. 



Core medium in size, slightly abaxile; cells symmetrical, usually closed or 

 partly so; core lines clasping. Carpels roundish, narrowing toward the apex, 

 slightly emarginate.. mucronate, smooth or slightly tufted. Seeds medium in 

 size, plump, irregular, moderately obtuse, slightly tufted. 



Flesh yellowish, firm, crisp, moderately fine-grained, juicy, rich, subacid, 

 aromatic, very good to best. 



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POUND SWEET. 



The apple most commonly known in Central and Western New 

 York under the name of Pound Sweet is large, roundish, marbled 

 with light and dark green, eventually becoming more or less yellow 

 and conspicuously streaked over the base with whitish scarf-skin. It 

 is in season from October to January. The name now generally 

 accepted by pomologists for this variety is Pumpkin Sweet. It is 

 also known by some as the Lyman Pumpkin Sweet. It is described 

 under the name Pumpkin Sweet in the succeeding volume. 



Several distinct varieties of apples have been known in cultivation 

 under the name Pound Sweet, but so far as we have been able to 

 discover only the one above referred to is green, all others being 

 either more or less russeted or marked with distinct red. 



PRATT SWEET. 



REFERENCES, i. Downing, 1869:312. 2. Ragan, U. S. B. P. I. Bui, 56:241. 

 1905- 

 SYNONYMS. PRATT (2). Pratt Sweet (2). 



A sweet winter apple which originated on the farm of Daniel Pratt, Rich- 

 land, Oswego county, N. Y. We have not seen this variety. According to 

 Downing ( i ) the tree is vigorous and annually productive ; the fruit large, 

 roundish conical, yellow striped and shaded with clear pinkish-red; the flesh 

 is yellowish- white, breaking, tender, juicy, rich and very good in quality. So 

 far as we can discover it is not now known among New York fruit growers, 

 nor do we find any record of its having been grown outside of the locality 

 of its origin. Humrickhouse, in a list of new American seedling apples pub- 



