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POUND SWEET 



PUMPKIN SWEET 



ter originated about 1800 with Rev. Samuel 

 Porter, Sherburne, Massachusetts. The va- 

 riety is planted more or less wherever apples 

 are grown in the United States. 



Tree large, vigorous, round or spreading. Fruit 

 usually large, oblong-conic, truncate at base and with 

 apex oblique and ribbed ; stem short, thick, sometimes 

 knobbed, curved ; cavity acute, deep, narrow, sym- 

 metrical or compresesd, sometimes lipped, usually faintly 

 russeted ; calyx large, closed or open ; lobes usually 

 separated at base, short, narrow, acute ; basin deep, 

 shallow, narrow, abrupt, broadly furrowed and wrinkled ; 

 skin thin, smooth, glossy, yellow with faint blush, 

 usually obscurely striped with darker red, marked with 

 scattering red dots ; dots small, submerged, green with 

 white center, sometimes russet ; calyx-tube short, wide, 

 broadly conical ; stamens median ; core large, axile or 

 abaxile ; cells partly open or wide open ; core-lines 

 meeting ; carpels broadly ovate, mucronate ; seeds me- 

 dium to large, plump, rounded, acute ; flesh yellow, fine, 

 crisp, tender, juicy, subacid, agreeably aromatic, sprightly ; 

 good to very good ; September to November. 



POUND SWEET: See Pumpkin Sweet. 



PRIMATE. Fig. 43. Harvest. July Apple. 

 Sour Harvest. Sour Bough. Primate is another 

 choicely good fall apple, preceding Porter in 

 season, and so different in most characters as 



43. Primate. 



to be hardly a rival. By many it is considered 

 the best variety of its season, by reason of 

 high quality of fruit and trees that grow vig- 

 orously and bear reliably and abundantly. 

 The variety fails in commercial plantations 

 because the crop ripens over a period of sev- 

 eral weeks. Unfortunately, the trees are in- 

 viting prey to the canker-fungi, because of 

 which they are often short-lived. The variety 

 is a welcome addition in every home orchard 

 to precede Porter. Primate grew as a seedling 

 on the farm of Calvin D. Bingham, Camillus, 

 New York, about 1840. 



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

 medium, sometimes large, round-conic or oblate-conic, 

 often distinctly ribbed ; stem short, thick ; cavity acute, 

 deep, broad, furrowed ; calyx closed ; lobes long, narrow ; 

 basin shallow, medium in width, abrupt, furrowed and 

 wrinkled ; skin thin, tender, smooth, light green or 

 yellow, blushed but not striped ; dots scattering, numer- 

 ous, small, submerged or russet ; calyx-tube large, long, 

 broadly conical ; stamens median ; core large, axile or 

 abaxile with hollow cylinder in the axis ; cells sym- 

 metrical, open ; core-lines clasping ; carpels cordate ; 

 seeds large, wide, plump, acute ; flesh white, fine, crisp, 

 very tender, juicy, subacid, aromatic, sprightly ; very 

 good to best ; August and September. 



PUMPKIN RUSSET. Pumpkin Sweet. 

 Pumpkin Sweeting. Sweet Russet. This old 



sort, formerly a great favorite in New England, 

 is hardly surpassed in tree-characters, but the 

 apples are so coarse as to be fit only for 

 cooking, and are none too good for culinary 

 purposes. The variety has been grown in 

 New England for a century. It seems to have 

 been described first in 1832. 



Tree large, vigorous, round or spreading, open ; 

 branches long, stout, curved. Fruit large, uniform in 

 size and shape, oblate or conic, sometimes irregular, 

 faintly ribbed, often compressed ; stem short, slender ; 

 cavity acute ; basin small, shallow, medium in width, 

 abrupt, furrowed and wrinkled ; skin thick, tough, pale 

 yellow, sometimes with bronze blush on cheek, covered 

 with russet patches or netted veins of russet ; dots large 

 and small, scattering, russet, irregular ; calyx-tube short, 

 wide, broadly conical ; stamens median ; core medium, 

 abaxile ; cells usually open, symmetrical but not uni- 

 formly developed ; core-lines clasping ; carpels broadly 

 ovate, emarginate, sometimes tufted ; seeds light brown, 

 large, wide, flat, acute ; flesh greenish-white, firm, coarse, 

 tender, juicy, sweet ; good ; September and October. 



PUMPKIN SWEET. Fig. 44. Pound 

 Sweet. Rhode Island Sweet. Vermont Sweet. 

 Pumpkin Sweet is the standard sweet apple of 

 its season. The fruits are esteemed for baking, 



44 .Pumpkin Sweet. 



canning, and stewing, but are too coarse and 

 not delicately enough flavored for dessert. 

 The crop holds up well both under handling 

 and in storage. In the markets, especially in 

 New York, the variety is generally known as 

 Pound Sweet. The trees are very satisfactory 

 from every point of view excepting hardiness, 

 as they suffer both from winter-injury and 

 from sun-scald. This variety has been much 

 confused with other sweet apples, but can be 

 distinguished from similar sorts by its large 

 fruits, of greenish-yellow color, sometimes 

 bronzed on the cheek, but never marked with 

 red nor with russet except about the cavity. 

 It originated in the orchard of S. Lyman, 

 Manchester, Connecticut, early in the nine- 

 teenth century. It is rather widely distributed 

 in the United States. 



Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading, open, with 

 long, stout branches. Fruit large or very large, uniform 

 in size and shape, globular or round-conic, sometimes 

 irregularly elliptical or prominently ribbed ; stem very 

 short, stout, often inserted under a lip or having a 

 fleshy protuberance ; cavity acuminate, deep, narrow, 

 often furrowed or lipped, sometimes russeted ; calyx 

 large, open ; lobes separated at the base, short, broad, 

 acute ; basin small, deep, narrow, abrupt, often furrowed 

 or wrinkled"; skin thin, tough, smooth, yellow marbled 

 with greenish-yellow, with stripes of white scarf-skin 



