MOST GENERALLY ESTEEMED. 



Ill 



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

 uary to March. 



Bough, 



Early Sweet Bough, 



Sweet Bough. 



I Large TelloTV Bouj 

 I Sweet Harvest, 



"Washington, 

 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. 



Fruit, 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, erroneously. 



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

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

 '"' R.amsdell's Sweeting," of Downing. (See Hovey's Mag. vol. 12, 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 angulai , 

 co^or, dull red, rough russet dots and bluish bloom; stem, long, slender; 

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



