APPLES. 299 



Section //. 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 culinary pur- 

 poses. Tender far West; succeeds well Southwest. Connecti- 

 cut. Fig. 359. 



Hightop.* (Summer Sweet of Ohio. Sweet June.) Rather small, 

 roundish, regular; skin smooth, light yellow; cavity deep, nar- 

 row; 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. Massachusetts. Fig. 353. 



FIG. 351. Sweet Bough. 



FIG. 353. FIG. 354. FIG. 352. 



Hightop Sweeting. Early Harvest. American Summer Pearmain. 



Manomet. (Manomet Sweeting.) Size medium, roundish ; yello\y, 

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

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

 Massachusetts. 



Sweet Bough.* (Large Yellow Bough, Early Sweet Bough.) 

 Large, roundish, remotely conical-ovate, sometimes distinctly 

 conical; pale greenish yellow, stalk one-half to an inch long; 

 basin narrow, deep ; flesh white, very tender, with an excellent 

 sweet flavor. Ripens from the middle to the end of summer. 

 A moderate and regular bearer. Shoots yellowish, somewhat 

 irregular, ascending ; tree round-headed ; leaves obtusely crenate. 

 Fig- 35i. 



CLASS II. WITH MORE OR LESS ACIDITY. 

 Section 1. Striped with red. 



American Summer Pearmain.* (Early Summer Pearmain, of Coxe ) 

 Medium in size, oblong, slightly inclining to truncate-conical . 

 nearly covered with fine broken streaks and dots of red; stalk 



