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Graniwinkle. Size, medium; roundish, slightly oblong, 

 dark red, somewhat rough, flesh yellowish orange, sweet, 

 rich. Cider. N. Jersey. Late autumn and early winter. 



JEESEY SWEETING. Size, medium ; round-ovate, often 

 oblong-ovate, somewhat conical ; thickly striped with fine 

 red on greenish yellow; stalk one-half to an inch long ; 

 cavity rather irregular ; basin wrinkled, distinct ; flesh 

 whitish, very sweet, juicy and tender, good second rate 

 or nearly first rate in flavor. Good in all localities. Early 

 and mid-autumn immediately follows Golden Sweet. 

 Shoots stout, short jointed ; leaves crenate-se.rrate. 143. 



PEACH-POND SWEET. Size, medium ; roundish-oblate, re- 

 motely conical ; delicately striped light red on pale 

 greenish yellow ; stalk slender, varying in length from 

 half an inch to an inch; tender, rich, sweet. Nearly 

 or quite first rate. Mid-autumn. Origin, Dutchess 

 County, New-York. Fig. 142. 



Section II. Not striped. 



AUTUMNAL SWAAR. (Syn. Sweet Swaar.) Large, oblate, 

 sometimes very slightly ribbed ; rich yellow ; stalk an 

 inch or more long, varying from long and slender, to 

 thick and fleshy at insertion ; cavity and basin wide and 

 slightly ribbed ; flesh tender, yellowish, not juicy, with 

 a very sweet, spicy, agreeable flavor. Mid-autumn. 

 Growth vigorous, shoots diverging, tree spreading. One 

 of the finest autumn sweet apples. 



HASKELL SWEET. Large, oblate, regular, greenish, a warm 

 brown cheek ; stalk one-half to three-fourths of an inch 

 long, moderately sunk ; basin rather deep, nearly even, 

 flesh tinged with yellowish brown, very tender, sweet, 

 good. R. Manning says this is the best of autumn sweet 

 appies. Fig. 155. 



Lyman's Pumpkin Sweet. Very large, roundish, ribbed 

 most towards the stalk; pale green; stalk short; calyx 

 small, basin abrupt ; flesh white, sweet, tender, not juicy; 

 second or third rate. Ripens through autumn, into win- 

 ter. A valuable culinary sort. 



