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Flesh whitish with yellow tinge, firm, breaking or loose-grained, tender, 

 moderately juicy or when over-ripe rather dry, very sweet, good to very good. 

 Season December to April or May. 



SWEET KING, 



REFERENCE, i. Downing, 1869:376. 



A striped red apple of medium size, sweet flavor and good to very good 

 quality; in season from October to March (i). It originated at Oyster Bay, 

 Nassau county. So far as we have discovered it has not been cultivated out- 

 side the locality of its origin. 



SWEET RUSSET, 



REFERENCE, i. Downing, 1869:377. 



SYNONYM. Summer Russet (i). 



Various varieties have been cultivated under the name Sweet Russet. The 

 one here noticed, Downing states (i) has been grown in New York, Massa- 

 chusetts and elsewhere and is a good apple for culinary use, in season from 

 November to March. The fruit is medium in size, yellow, mostly covered 

 with patches and network of russet and the flesh is rich and sweet. We do 

 not know this variety and we have no report of its being grown anywhere 

 in New York at the present time. 



SWEET WINESAP. 



REFERENCES, i. Elliott, 1854:160 not the Sweet Winesap of Downing. 2. 

 Warder, 1867:721, 734. 3. Downing, 1869:378. 4. Am. Pom.' Soc. Cat., 1871: 



10. 5. Thomas, 1875:501. 6. Ib., 1875:514. 7. Lyon, Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 

 1890:298. 8. Thomas, 1897:270. 9. Budd-Hansen, 1903:186. 10. Beach and 

 Clark, N. Y. Sta. Bui., 248:124. 1904. u. Ragan, U. S. B. P. I. Bui, 56:141. 

 1905. 12. Ib., 56:170. 1905. 13. Ib., 56:304, 305. 1905. 



SYNONYMS. Bailey Sweet (10) incorrectly. HENDRICK (10). Hendrick 

 Sii'cet (10). HENRICK (n). HENRICK SWEET (2, 5). Henrick Sweet (7, 8, 



11, 13, ?3)- Henry Siveet (3, 13). Ladies' Sweet of some (3, 12, 13), but 

 erroneously. Lady Sweet of some, but erroneously. Lady Sweeting of some, 

 but erroneously. Red Sweet Winesap (3, 13). Rose Sweet. SWEET PEAR- 

 MAIN (8). Sweet Pearmain of some (3, 13). SWEET WINE SAP (6). 



An attractive red winter apple, symmetrical, uniform, of good 

 medium size, or, under favorable conditions, rather large. It is 

 excellent in quality for dessert or for baking or other culinary uses. 

 Some fruit growers report that the tree is satisfactorily hardy, but 

 others find that it is a little lacking in hardiness and for that reason 

 prefer to top-work it upon some vigorous, hardy stock such as 

 Northern Spy, Roxbury or Golden Russet. It is usually healthy 

 and moderately long-lived. It tends to form a rather dense head, 



particularly where thorough tillage is practiced, and for this reason 

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