212 Apples. 



TALLMAN SWEETING. (Tolman's Sweeting.) Medium or rather 

 large, roundish-oblate, slightly conical ; clear light yellow, with a 

 clear brownish line from stalk to apex ; stalk nearly an inch long ; 

 calyx in a distinct, slightly wrinkled basin ; flesh white, firm, rich, 

 very sweet. Excellent for winter baking. Keeps into spring. 

 Young tree vigorous, upright, shoots becoming spreading ; leaves 

 wavy. Productive. Hardy far west. 



Wells' Sweeting. Medium in size, roundish, tapering slightly to 

 base and apex ; color light green, with a brownish cheek ; stalk 

 short ; basin shallow ; flesh very white, tender, rich, agreeable. 

 Early winter. Newburgh, N. Y. 



Winter Sweet Paradise. Rather large, roundish ; skin pale green- 

 ish yellow with a brown blush ; stalk short ; calyx and basin 

 small; flesh white, with a sweet, "very good" flavor. Ripens 

 through winter. Origin, Penn. Succeeds well at the West. 



CLASS II. WITH MORE OR LESS ACIDITY. 

 Settion I. Striped with red. 



Ailes. Large, oblate, striped and shaded red on yellow ; stalk 

 short, cavity narrow, basin medium ; flesh yellow, crisp, firm, with 

 a rich, sub-acid, " very good " flavor. Keeps through spring. 

 Chester co., Penn. 



Baer. Rather small, roundish-oblate, striped red on greenish yel- 

 low ; stalk long, cavity wide and deep ; basin small, plaited ; 

 flesh tender, fine grained, pleasant, very good keeps till spring. 

 Berks co., Penn. Identical with Hiester. 



BALDWIN. Rather large, roundish, with more or less of a rounded 

 taper towards the apex ; shaded and striped with yellowish red 

 and crimson on yellow ground ; stalk three-fourths of an inch 

 long, rather slender ; calyx in a narrow, slightly plaited basin ; 

 flesh yellowish white, with a rich, sub-acid flavor. Young tree 

 vigorous, upright, shoots dark brown, diverging and ascending. 

 Very productive. Ripens through winter. A first rate winter 

 apple in New England, New York, and Michigan ; mostly unsuc- 

 cessful at the West and South. Too tender, and mostly fails as 

 far north as Maine, unless grafted standard height. 



The Baldwin is liable to vary in character ; the Late Baldwin 

 appears to be identical, but modified by external causes. 



BEN DAVIS. (N. Y. Pippin, Kentucky Streak, Carolina Red Streak, 

 Victoria Red.) Large, roundish-ovate, slightly oblique, regular, 

 smooth, striped red on yellow ; stalk long, deep set ; basin deep, 

 wrinkled ; flesh whitish, tender, with a mild, good, but not rich, 

 sub-acid flavor. Succeeds well at the West, where it proves one 

 of the most profitable winter apples for market ; does not mature 

 well at the extreme North. An early and abundant bearer. 



