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SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



juicy, fine-grained, rich sweet, quality very good for a sweet apple. 

 All winter. 



Tolman Sweet. 



Tompkins King (King of Tompkins County). Supposed origin 

 Essex Co., New Jersey, but was first noticed as a heavy bearer in 

 Tompkins Co., New York, in 1838; tree very vigorous, large, spread- 

 ing, an annual bearer, moderately productive usually. A favorite for 

 export as it keeps well and stands shipment well. 



Fruit large, globular, inclining to conical, sometimes roundish 

 oblate, angular; surface deep rich yellow, mostly covered with shaded 

 and dotted bright red, with dark crimson stripes and splashes; dots 

 distinct, numerous, light russet, large; cavity large, often irregular, 

 obtuse, yellow, with trace of russet; stem long or short, stout or 

 slender; basin narrow, shallow, smooth, or slightly wrinkled; calyx 

 small, closed; segments erect convergent. Core closed, meeting, large, 

 sessile, turbinate; cells elliptical, widely slit, with much exudate; tube 

 funnel-shaped; stamens basal; seeds few, about half imperfect, large, 

 long; flesh yellow- juicy, rather coarse, tender, rich, vinous, very 

 agreeable subacid, very good to best. December to March. 



Townsend. Found by Stephen Townsend, over one hundred 

 years ago, in an Indian clearing in Bucks Co., Pennsylvania; tree 

 vigorous, upright, spreading, productive. 



Fruit rather large, oblate, slightly conic; surface pale yellow, 



