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cellent qualities having recently become better known, it is 

 now found in numerous orchards in Onondaga and Cayuga 

 counties. Mr. Leavenworth states that Hawley and Dows 

 were the names of the men from whom the scions were ob- 

 tained by his uncles, and it is from the fact that Mr. Dows' 

 farm, on which it was considerably cultivated, was near that 

 of Mr. Hawley, that it was called by some the Dows apple. 

 The trees grow large and vigorous, and produce good and 

 regular crops. 



Fig. 50. Hawley. 



Size, large, about three and a half inches broad and three 

 deep : Form, roundish, rather broad, flattened, and somewhat 

 ribbed at the base, and narrowing little towards the crown : 

 Skin, fair, smooth, with an oily surface, pale green, becoming 

 of a rich lemon yellow when mature, and covered with small 

 scattered russet specks : Stem, medium length, about three 

 quarters of an inch, straight, rather slender, and inserted in 

 a deep, broad, and uneven cavity : Bye, medium size, nearly 

 closed, and moderately sunk in a small, slightly furrowed 

 basin : Flesh, yellow, fine, soft, and very tender : Juice, 



