MOST GENERALLY ESTEEMED. Ill 



spicy aromatic perfume ; core, small, to medium ; seeds, broad ovate. Jan- 

 uary to March. 



SWEET BOUGH. 



Bough, | Large Yellow Bough, I "Washington, 



Early Sweet Bough, | Sweet Harvest, | Nyack Pippin. 



American. First described by Coxe as Bough; we add Sweet, as 

 expressive of its character. Valued as a dessert fruit. Young shoots, yel- 

 lowish, somewhat irregular, ascending. Tree, a moderate, annual bearer, 

 succeeding in all good soils not wet. 



Fruity large (our figure hardly medium) ; form, roundish, conical ovate, 

 color, greenish, becoming pale yellow when fully ripe ; stem, varying in 

 length ; cavity, deep ; calyx, open ; basin, narrow, deep ; flesh, white, ten- 

 der, crisp, sprightly, sweet ; core, medium, open capsules ; seeds, ovate, light 

 brown. August. 



SWEET PEARMAIN. 



Henry Sweet, | Henrick Sweet, | Ladies' Sweet, trroneowly. 



This variety, according to Downing and Thomas, is the " English Sweet- 

 ing ;" but, according to Mr. Manning, the " English Sweeting ;; is the 

 " Ramsdell's Sweeting," of Downing. (See Hovey's Mag. vol. 1 2, page 150.) 

 This variety is extensively grown in central Ohio, and farther West, suiting 

 well the rich soils ; keeping finely all Winter; highly valued for baking or 

 eating. 



Fruit, medium size or often above ; form, roundish, slightly angular , 

 color, dull red, rough russet dots and bluish bloom ; stem, long, slender ; 

 cavity, deep, wide, and open ; calyx, woolly ; basin, medium : flesh, yellow- 



