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THE APPLE. 



Ladies' Sweeting. 



American. We have repeatedly fruited and met with this variety West, 

 where it seems generally to succeed, but varies much in different soils — 

 often not more than second-rate quality ; always fair, handsome fruit ; pro- 

 fitable for marketing, or stock feeding. "Wood, not very strong: grows 

 thriftily; bears abundantly." 



'• Fruity large, roundish ovate, narrowing rapidly to the eye ; skin^ very 

 smooth, nearly covered with red in the sun, pale yellowish green in the 

 shade, with broken stripes of pale red. The red is sprinkled with well- 

 marked yellowish gray dots, and covered, when first gathered, with a thin 

 white bloom. There is also, generally, a faint marbling of cloudy white 

 over the red, on the shady side of the fruit, and rays of the same around 

 the stalk. Calyx, quite small, set in a narrow, shallow-plaited basin ] stalky 

 half an inch long, in a shallow cavity : Jiesli, greenish white, exceedingly 

 tender, juicy, crisp, delicious, sprightly, agreeably perfumed flavor ; keeps 

 without shelving, or losing its flavor, till May." 



London Sweet. 

 London "Winter Sweet, | Winter Sweet, I Heicke's Winter Sweet. 



American. Much cultivated in Southern Ohio : often abundant in Cin- 

 cinnati market. We have been unable to connect it with any other named 

 variety, though it nearest resembles Broadwell. Adapted to the rich deep 

 soils of the West ; annually productive. 



Fruit, medium, occasionally large ; form, roundish flattened ; color, pale 

 yellow, with rarely an irregular patch of bronzed russet ; very smooth ; 

 grown South, has the fungus or mould, as we think, marring its beauty; 

 stein, short, slender ; cavity, open, medium depth, round, regular ; calyx, 

 small, closed ; basin, deep, round, regular : Jlesh, yellowish white, juicy, 

 tender, pleasajitly sweet ; core, rather small ; seeds, ovate pointed. Novem- 

 ber to January, but will keep through February. 



