124 CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT 



The tree grows vigorously, with a singularly deep 

 green foliage, and round head : it is a great be are n 

 It was brought from East Jersey." (Coxe.) 



19. Cooper's russeting, c. "Keeps from Octo- 

 ber to May. A natural fruit, produced on the farm 

 of Joseph Cooper, of New Jersey, who believes it 

 to be of Indian origin ; as the tree, from which he 

 (when a young man) preserved a graft, was an old 

 decayed tree, and the place on which it grew was 

 originally the site of an Indian village. It is some- 

 what dry, but of a pleasant sweetish taste. This 

 apple makes most excellent cider : it also is a good 

 pie apple, and best when not pared. Pears, boiled 

 in russeting cider, with about half sugar, make a 

 good preserve. The trees bear abundantly every 

 second year : the limbs spread horizontally, and are 

 short. This excellent fruit, being justly esteemed, 

 is much propagated by engrafting, in New Jersey." 

 (Mease.) 



20. Flat sweeting, or hornet sweeting, from the 

 circumstance of its being a favourite of hornets, on 

 account of its rich, sirupy juice. This is a flat ap- 

 ple, thin skin, and of a yellowish colour ; flesh white, 

 and juice saccharine and pleasant. Ripe in Sep- 

 tember, and will keep several months. It is doubt- 

 ful whether this fruit is known out of the county of 

 Plymouth. Its origin not ascertained. 



21. Gloucester white, c. "This apple is of a 

 middling size ; of a shape not very uniform, vary- 

 ing from an oblong to a flat form; the colour, when 

 ripe, is a bright yellow ; rich, breaking and juicy ; 

 of a fine flavour, as a table apple ; and producing 

 cider of an exquisite taste. The stalk is of the 

 ordinary length, inserted in a cavity of medium 

 depth; the crown is moderately deep; the time of 

 ripening is about the first of October, after which 

 the fruit soon falls, and is fit for cider : it does not 

 keep long, but, while in season, is a delicious table 

 apple. The tree is very thrifty, lianly and vigo- 



