MOST GENERALLY ESTEEMED. 



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round, rarely ribbed ; fiesh^ yello^vish, mild, sub-acid, juicy. October to 

 February. 



High Top Sweet. 



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



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



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



closed; fiesh^ 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 

 5-oung ; we think incorrect. 



Fruity 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 ; caJyx^ half closed ; basin, 

 not deep, sometimes slightly furrowed ; Jiesh, 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 ; 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. 



