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polished, clear rich pale waxen yellow, with distinct bright red and 

 crimsou stripes and splashes on sunny side; dots minute; cavity 

 regular, acute; stem rather short, slender; basin abrupt, wide, 

 nearly smooth; calyx small, closed. Core large, closed, meeting; 

 seeds many, short, plump; flesh white, very tender, fine-grained, 



very juicy, sprightly subacid, excellent. June to early August, 

 ripening in succession. 



Button (Sutton Beauty). Origin, Sutton, Massachusetts, thought to 

 be a seedling of Hubbardston, but of more attractive appearance; 

 tree upright, thrifty, very productive. 



Fruit above medium to large, roundish oblate conical; surface 

 smooth, waxen yellow, mottled, washed and shaded crimson, with 

 obscure carmine splashes and stripes; dots few, large, whitish, and 

 russet, distinct; cavity deep, wide, with greenish russet; stem rather 

 short; basin shallow, abrupt, slightly wrinkled; calyx. half open; 

 segments divergent. Core medium, oblate, closed, clasping; seeds 

 many, pointed, angular; flesh whitish, crisp, tender, j uicy, sprightly 

 subacid, good to very good. Midwinter. 



Swaar. Originated by the Dutch settlers on the Hudson River, 

 near Esopus, New York; the name in Low Dutch means heavy, 

 alluding to its unusual weight; a deep, rich, sandy loam is required 

 for its best development; tree vigorous, spreading, productive. 



Fruit medium to large, roundish to roundish oblate, mostly regular, 

 often obscurely angular; surface roughened by dots and sometimes 



