THE APPLES OF NEW YORK. 81 



GOLDEN SWEET. 



REFERENCES, i. Kenrick, 1832:37. 2. Downing, 1845:84. 3. Phoenix, 

 Horticulturist, 1:361. 1846. 4. N. Y. Agr. Soc. Trans., 1846:189. 5. Thomas, 

 1849:136. 6. Cole, 1849:102. fig. 7. Barry, 1851:280. 8. Emmons, Nat. 

 Hist. N. Y., 3 :40. 1851. fig. 9. Elliott, 1854 :8i. fig. 10. Gregg, 1857 -.37. fig. 

 ii. Hooper, 1857:41. 12. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1862. 13. Warder, 1867:551. 

 fig. 14. Downing, 1869:196. fig. 15. Wickson, 1889:244. 16. Lyon, Mich. 

 Hart. Soc. Rpt., 1890:292. 17. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:240. 18. Wangh, 

 Vt. Sta. An. Rpt., 14:295. 1901. 19. Budd-Hansen, 1903:90. fig. 



SYNONYMS. Early Golden Sweet (14). GOLDEN SWEET (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 

 9, n, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19). GOLDEN SWEETING (7, 10). Orange 

 Siveet (6, 9). ORANGE SWEETING (i). Orange Sweeting (2, 13, 14). 

 Trenton Early (9). Yellow Sweeting ? (i). 



Fruit of good medium size, attractive clear yellow when fully 

 mature, rich, sweet, very good in flavor and quality. Cultivated 

 principally for home use. Of no commercial value except that it 

 is sold in limited quantities in local markets. In season from the 

 middle of August to the last of September. The tree is a good 

 grower, healthy, hardy, moderately long-lived, comes into bearing 

 rather young and yields moderate to heavy crops biennially. 



Historical. An old Connecticut variety (2). Its exact origin is unknown. 

 It has been pretty generally disseminated throughout the state but is nowhere 

 grown extensively. It is listed by nearly all nurserymen (17). 



TREE. 



Tree large, vigorous. Form roundish spreading, inclined to droop, dense. 

 Twigs long, curved, slender; internodes long. Bark brown, lightly mottled 

 with scarf-skin ; pubescent. Lenticels quite numerous, medium size, oval, 

 slightly raised. Buds medium size, broad, plump, obtuse, free, slightly 

 pubescent. 



FRUIT. 



Fruit below medium to nearly large, uniform in size and shape. Form 

 roundish to roundish oblate or somewhat ovate, regular or faintly ribbed. 

 Stem very long, moderately thick. Cavity acute, of medium depth, medium 

 in width to rather narrow, symmetrical, usually partly russeted, often with 

 outspreading russet rays. Calyx medium to small, closed; lobes medium in 

 length, narrow, acute. Basin shallow to moderately deep, narrow to medium 

 in width, somewhat obtuse, smooth, symmetrical, furrowed. 



Skin thin, tender, smooth, waxy, yellowish-green becoming clear pale yellow 

 when fully mature. 



Calyx tube medium in width, cone-shape to truncate funnel-form. Stamens 

 median. 



