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THE APPLE. 



top, and had produced large crops ten years in succession. Fruit, medium, 

 roundish flattened, pale clear yellow, bright red cheek, little russet in stem 

 cavity, small dots ; stem, short ; cavity, deep : calyx, short segments ; basin, 

 rather deep ; core, small ] seeds, ovate pointed ] flesh, tender, juicy, mild 

 sub-acid ; " very good." November to March. 



GARDEN ROYAL. 



American. Originated in Mass. Tree, slender, slow grower while young , 

 hardy, and makes a tree of medium size, annually productive j suited to 

 small orchards or gardens where a delicious fruit is desired for table use. 



Fruit, rather below medium ; form, roundish, inclining to flat, very regu- 

 lar color, a yellowish ground, with dull red stripes, becoming brighter in 

 sun ; stem, short, slender ; cavity, narrow ; calyx, large, open ; basin, shal- 

 low } flesh, yellowish white, fine-grained, tender, mild, sub-acid. Last of 

 August and September. 



GOLDEN SWEET. 



Orange Sweet. 



American. Originated in Connecticut. Tree, free grower while young, 

 making, however, an orchard tree of only medium size; spreading, irregulai 

 branches ; succeeds well in all soils } productive annually of large crops of 

 fair fruit. 



medium to large ; form, roundish, rather deeper than wide ; color t 



