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erately thick. Cavity medium to rather large, acuminate, narrow to medium 

 width, rather unsymmetrical, lightly russeted. Calyx medium to small, 

 closed; lobes rather narrow, acute. Basin shallow to very shallow, narrow, 

 obtuse or a little abrupt, furrowed, often unsymmetrical. 



Skin rather thick and tough separating readily from the flesh, smooth, 

 greenish-yellow often somewhat blushed. 



Calyx tube funnel-shape with long cylinder. Stamens marginal to median. 



Core medium to large, axile or sometimes abaxile ; cells often unsym- 

 metrical, closed or somewhat open; core lines clasping the cylinder. Carpels 

 roundish to elliptical, emarginate, tufted. Seeds medium size, rather short, 

 flat, obtuse, dark brown. 



Flesh tinged with yellow, moderately fine-grained, tender, moderately 

 juicy, sweet, good to very good. 



Season late September to December. 



NORTHERN SWEET. 



REFERENCES, i. Cultivator, 6:353. 1849. 2. Battey, Horticulturist, 4:316. 

 1850. fig. 3. Jeffreys, Ib., 4:413. 1850. 4- Barry, 1851:285. 5- Emmons, Nat. 

 Hist N. Y., 3:42. 1851. col. pi No. 50 and fig. 6. Mag. Hort., 20:241. 1854- 

 7. Elliott, 1854:149. 8. Downing, 1857:177. 9. Gregg, 1857:45. 10. Hoffy, 

 N. A. Pom., 1860. col pi n. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1862. 12. Warder, 

 1867:632. 13. Leroy, 1873:502. fig. 14. Thomas, 1875:508. 15. Lyon, Mich. 

 Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1881:316. 16. Bailey, An. Hort., 1892:245. 17. Waugh, Vt. 

 Sta. An. Rpt., 14:302. 1901. 18. Budd-Hansen, 1903:138. 



SYNONYMS. Golden Sweet (8, 10, 13). NORTHERN GOLDEN SWEET (5). 

 Northern Golden Sweet (2, 7, 8, 13). Northern Golden Sweeting (10). 

 NORTHERN SWEET (i, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, u, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18). NORTH- 

 ERN SWEETING (9). 



Fruit yellow or sometimes with a crimson cheek. Flesh whitish, fine, ten- 

 der, juicy, sweet, very good; season midautumn. It is a good apple for the 

 home orchard but not desirable for commercial purposes. 



Historical. Supposed to be a native of Chittenden county, Vermont. 

 Brought to notice by Jonathan Battey, Keeseville, Clinton county, N. Y., about 

 1849, who stated that it had then been cultivated in the vicinity of its origin 

 for about fifty years (2). It has probably been grown more in the Cham- 

 plain valley than in any other section of the state. It is still occasionally 

 listed by nurserymen (16) but is now seldom planted. 



. OGDENSBURGH. 



REFERENCE, i. Downing, 1869:291. 

 SYNONYMS. None. 



Originated with A. B. James, Ogdensburg, N. Y. According to Elliott's 

 description cited by Downing (i) the fruit is medium size, whitish-yellow 

 with brownish-blush ; flesh tender, very mild subacid, very good ; season 

 November and December. We are unacquainted with this variety and have 

 received no report concerning it from any of our correspondents. 



