WINTER APPLES. 159 



Wormsley Pippin. Size medium, rouncTsh, slightly coni- 

 cal ; pale greenish yellow ; stalk rather long, calyx deep 

 sunk ; flesh white, firm, crisp, high-flavored, but too acid. 

 English. 



Yello\v Ingestrie. Small, clear rich yellow, tender, deli- 

 cate, juicy when fresh, crisp, spicy. English. Of little 

 value in this country. 



DIVISION III. WINTER APPLES. 



CLASS I. SWEET APPLES. 



Section I. Striped with red. 



BAILEY SWEET. (Syn. Patterson Sweet, Edgerly Sweet.) 

 Large, regular ovate, often slightly and sometimes con- 

 siderably ribbed ; the whole surface frequently a full 

 bright red, in small, broken, indistinct stripes and dots, 

 on light ground ; stalk slender, one inch long ; cavity 

 small, narrow, slightly ribbed ; basin small, plaited ; flesh 

 very tender, not juicy; a pure, mild, rich sweet; fine. 

 Early winter. Origin, Perry, Wyoming Co.,N. Y. New. 



Hartford Sweeting. (Syn. Spencer Sweeting.) Rather 

 large, roundish, slightly flattened ; striped with fine red 

 on greenish yellow ground ; stalk slender, cavity rather 

 shallow, round; calyx large, basin shallow; juicy, ten- 

 der, rich, agreeable. Keeps through winter and spring. 

 Productive. Growth slow, shoots becoming d; coping. 

 Although hardly first-rate in quality, valuable for its great 

 productiveness and long keeping. A native of Hartford, 

 Connecticut. 



LADIES' SWEETING. Rather large, roundish-ovate, apex 

 narrow ; striped with red on pale yellowish green ground, 

 a nearly uniform shade of fine red to the sun ; faintly 

 marbled or clouded with white over the red ; and cavity 

 faintly rayed with white ; stalk short, cavity small; calyx 

 and basin small; tender, juicy, agreeable, fine, rich. 



