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between a dead sweetness and slight acidity. Again, apples classed 

 with those that are striped, sometimes present a nearly uniibrm 

 shade of red ; and, in rare instances, the brown cheek of a green or 

 yellow variety exhibits faint stripes. 



But these may be regarded rather as exceptions to general cha- 

 racters, which are on the whole as clearly defined as any other dis- 

 tinctive points of the different varieties. Controlling circumstances 

 will produce changes in all fruits, and descriptions are not founded 

 on extreme exceptions, but on average characteristics. 



The SIZE is designated by comparison j for example, the Swaar 

 and Baldwin are large; Herefordshire Pearmain and Tallman 

 Sweeting are medium; English Golden Pippin and Lady Apple are 

 small. Qualifying terms give a more precise meaning as the Fall 

 Pippin and Monstrous Pippin, are very large ; Hawley and Dutch 

 Mignonne, are quite large; Bullock's Pippin and Early Strawberry 

 are rather small; and the Siberian Crab is very small. 



DIVISION I. SUMMER APPLES. 

 ' CLASS I. SWEET APPLES. 

 Seftion I. Striped with red. 



Foster. Large, roundish, indistinctly striped pale red on yellow; 

 stalk short, calyx open, basin deep, ribbed, sweet, rich. Aug. 

 Mass. (Hov. Mag.) 



SeClion II. Not striped. 



GOLDEN SWEET. Medium or rather large, roundish, slightly flat- 

 tened ; greenish, becoming pale yellow ; stalk an inch or more 

 long, slender ; cavity acuminate ; basin moderate ; flesh very 

 sweet, good, of moderate quality. The fruit is always fair, the 

 tree a free grower, and very productive. Buds large ; leaves 

 sharply serrate. Late in summer. Valuable for domestic animals. 

 Tender far west ; succeeds well south-west. 



HIGHTOP SWEET. (Summer Sweet of Ohio, Sweet June.) Rather 

 small, roundish, regular ; skin smooth, light yellow ; cavity deep, 

 narrow ; calyx small, in a shallow, slightly furrowed basin ; flesh 

 yellowish, very sweet, rich. Tree upright, productive. A valua- 

 ble summer sweet apple at the West. 



Manomet. (Manomet Sweeting.) Size medium, roundish ; yellow, 

 with a rich cheek; stalk rather slender, cavity shallow; basin 

 shallow, furrowed; flesh tender, sweet, rich. Late summer. 

 Mass. 



