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deep, acute, yellow; stem very short; basin deep, very abrupt, with 

 corrugations in bottom; calyx closed; segments small, erect con- 



Titovka. 



vergent. Core wide open, sessile, clasping, roundish oblate; cells 

 obovate, roomy, widely slit; tube funnel-shaped; stamens median; 

 seeds few, short, plump, several minute imperfect seeds; flesh yellow, 

 juicy, subacid, good. September, October. 



Tolman Sweet (Tollman Sweet). Origin, Rhode Island; tree 

 vigorous, upright, spreading, very productive. One of the hardiest 

 of the old eastern apples in the western prairie region. 



Fruit medium or above, nearly globular; surface whitish yellow, 

 often with faint blush on sunny side, usually a distinct dark line or 

 pin-scratch runs from stem to calyx; dots few, gray, minute, rather 

 obscure, some with whitish bases; cavity rather wide, obtuse, medium 

 deep, regular; stem long, slender; basin small, shallow, wrinkled, 

 leather-cracked; calyx small, closed or half open; segments erect 

 convergent. Core closed; cells ovate, slit; tube funnel-shaped; 

 stamens median; seeds short, plump; flesh white, firm, moderately 



