JEWETT RED 



KESWICK 



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JEWETT RED. Fig. 28. Nodhead. 

 Jewett Red is an early winter apple of the 

 Blue Pearmain type, more or less grown and 

 highly esteemed in parts of New England. 

 The apples are handsomely colored dark red 



28. Jewett Red. 



covered by a heavy, blue bloom; and the 

 quality is excellent, the flavor being a pleasing 

 mingling of sweet and sour. The trees are 

 precocious in bearing, but grow slowly, and 

 are seldom productive. The variety originated 

 at Hollis, New Hampshire, early in the nine- 

 teenth century. 



Tree small, spreading, open ; branches short and stout 

 with few laterals and numerous spurs. Fruit of medium 

 size, uniform in size and shape, round-oblate, sides 

 unequal, obscurely ribbed, often irregular ; stem short ; 

 cavity variable, acute, shallow, wide, furrowed ob- 

 scurely, green or russeted, sometimes lipped ; calyx 

 small, open or partly closed ; lobes broad, short, obtuse ; 

 basin shallow, wide, obtuse, obscurely furrowed and 

 wrinkled ; skin thin, tough, smooth, dark red over yellow 

 background, often deepening to purplish-red and obscurely 

 marked with broken stripes and splashes of carmine ; 

 dots numerous, conspicuous, pale yellow with character- 

 istic scarf-skin overspreading the base ; prevailing effect 

 deep red ; calyx-tube narrow, funnel-form ; stamens 

 median ; core axile ; cells closed or open ; core-lines 

 clasping ; carpels oval, elongated, emarginate ; seeds 

 numerous, clear reddish-brown, small ; flesh yellow, fine, 

 tender, juicy, pleasantly aromatic, mild subacid ; good 

 to very good ; October to February. 



JONATHAN. Fig. 29. Jonathan has a 

 world-wide reputation, and the apples by gen- 

 eral consent are placed among the very best 

 in both appearance and quality. Though only 

 medium in size, the fruits are large enough for 



Jonathan. (X%) 



a dessert apple. The brilliant red skin, indis- 

 tinctly striped with carmine and underlaid with 

 pale yellow, contrasting with the nearly white 

 flesh; and the shapely, round-conic, smoothly 

 and regularly turned form, make it one of the 

 most attractive apples. The flesh is firm, crisp, 

 tender, juicy, not especially rich in flavor, but 

 peculiarly sprightly and refreshing, having a 

 distinct and most pleasing aroma. The season 



is from November to January, longer in cold 

 storage, with the greatest demand at Christ- 

 mas. Unfortunately, when the apples are kept 

 long in either common or cold storage, dark 

 spots develop in the skin which greatly mar 

 their appearance. The trees are usually hardy, 

 vigorous and productive, and very accommo- 

 dating as to soils and climates, requiring, how- 

 ever, a fertile soil, and developing fullest per- 

 fection in cool climates. The variety is an 

 inviting prey to insects and fungi, and the 

 trees must be carefully sprayed. Jonathan is 

 grown best in parts of the Middle West and 

 the Pacific Coast states. The variety origi- 

 nated on the farm of Philip Rick, Ulster 

 County, New York, about 1800, and the name 

 commemorates Jonathan Hasbrouck, who had 

 the honor of first calling attention to this 

 excellent apple. 



Tree medium in size, vigorous, round or spreading, 

 drooping, dense. Leaves small, narrow. Fruit small, 

 rarely large, round-conic to round-ovate, often truncate, 

 regular, uniform in shape and size ; stem medium to 

 long, slender ; cavity acute, deep to very deep, abrupt, 

 narrow ; skin thin, tough, smooth, pale yellow striped 

 with carmine, covered with red which deepens on the 

 sunny side, often showing contrasting bits of pale yellow 

 about the cavity ; dots minute, inconspicuous ; calyx-tube 

 small, funnel-shape ; stamens basal ; core small, axile ; 

 cells symmetrical but often not uniformly developed, 

 usually closed ; core-lines clasping the funnel cylinder ; 

 carpels concave, round to round-cordate, emarginate, 

 smooth ; seeds large, long, acute, dark, numerous ; flesh 

 yellow, sometimes with a tinge of red, firm, fine, crisp, 

 tender, juicy, very aromatic, sprightly subacid ; very 

 good to best ; November to January. 



JULY. August. Fourth of July. July, in 

 fruit, is almost a facsimile of the well-known 

 Tetofsky, which surpasses it in tree-characters, 

 in which the two are quite distinct. It is an 

 old~ Russian variety introduced into America 

 sometime previous to the Civil War as an 

 apple suitable for cold regions. 



Tree vigorous, upright, roundish, dense. Fruit medium, 

 uniform in shape but not in size, round-conical, irregu- 

 larly ribbed, sides often unequal; stem long, slender, 

 often bracted ; cavity acuminate, deep, medium, furrowed, 

 thinly russeted ; calyx large, usually closed ; lobes nar- 

 row, acuminate ; basin shallow to medium, narrow, 

 abrupt, furrowed and wrinkled ; skin thin, tough, smooth, 

 glossy, pale yellow washed and mottled with red, striped 

 and splashed with carmine and overspread with bloom ; 

 dots small, numerous, submerged, inconspicuous, light, 

 areolar ; calyx-tube variable in length, funnel-shape ; 

 stamens median ; core medium, axile ; cells closed ; 

 core-lines clasping ; carpels round-ovate or elongated- 

 ovate ; seeds dark dull brown, wide, short, plump, 

 obtuse ; flesh yellow, coarse, crisp, tender, juicy, 

 sprightly subacid ; fair to good ; July to September. 



KESWICK. Keswick Codlin. This is an 

 English apple of small value in America. The 

 variety may be recommended more for its tree- 

 than its fruit-characters. It was brought to 

 America and widely disseminated early in the 

 nineteenth century. 



Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading. Fruit large, 

 round-conic or oblong-conic, broad at the base, ribbed, 

 sides frequently unequal ; stem short, slender to thick ; 

 cavity variably acute, shallow, narrow, russeted ; calyx 

 closed ; lobes long, medium in width, acuminate ; basin 

 shallow, narrow, furrowed or angular, often with fleshy 

 protuberances alternating with the calyx-lobes ; skin 

 thin, tough, smooth, waxy, yellow, sometimes with a 

 faint blush and often with a suture line extending out 

 from the cavity ; dots submerged, inconspicuous or rus- 



