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round, rarely ribbed j flesh, yellowish, mild, sub-acid, juicy. October to 

 February. 



HIGH TOP SWEET. 



Summer Sweet, of Ohio | Sweet June, of Illinois. 



From Plymouth, Mass. Tree, upright, productive. Fruit, medium, 

 roundish, greenish yellow, with greenish white dots ; stem, slender ; calyx, 

 closed; flesh, yellowish white, tender, juicy, sweet; "very good." Last of 

 July. Very popular Southwest and West. 



JERSEY SWEETING. 



American. Succeeds in all localities, and produces abundantly of fair 

 fruit in all soils warm, sandy ones giving a closer texture, and more cha- 

 racter to the flesh. Shoots, stout, short-jointed, reddish ; tree, spreading, 

 round head. For dessert, cooking, or stock, valuable. Is said to decay 

 young ; we think incorrect. 



Fruit, medium ; form, roundish ovate, tapering to the eye ; color, 

 greenish yellow, marked and streaked, often nearly covered with stripes of 

 pale and dull red ; stem, short ; cavity, narrow calyx, half closed basin, 

 not deep, sometimes slightly furrowed flesh, white, fine-grained, juicy, 

 tender, sweet ; core, rather open, medium, round ovate ] seeds, full, ovate 

 pointed. September and October. 



JEFFERSON. 



Tree, good habit, spreading ; much grown and esteemed in some parts of 

 Kentucky, from whence we once received specimens in April (after lying 

 in a warehouse during Winter), in fine condition. Fruit, medium to large, 

 roundish conical, dull red on yellow, splashed j stem, slender ; cavity, mod- 

 erate ; calyx, small, partially closed ; basin, open ; core, compact ; seeds, 

 light brown : flesh, yellowish white, tender, juicy, sub-acid : almost " best." 

 October to March. 



