172 THE APPLE. 



Sugar Sweet. 



This apple I received from Hingham. Size, medium, ovate ; dull yel- 

 lowish, inclining to a russet; abundant bearer; ripe, September. October ; 

 a very rich baking apple ; flesh, breaking and juicy. (B. V. French.) 



Summer Sweet Paradise. 



From Columbia Co.. Pa. Tree, abundant, early bearer, spreading shoots. 

 Fruit, large, roundish oblong, flattened at ends ; pale green, yellow in sun, 

 dark russet marblings and gray dots ; stem, short ; cavity, deep, oft rus- 

 seted ; calyx, with coarse segments partially closed ; basin, deep ; core, 

 small : seeds, ovate pointed ; flesh, yellowish white, crisp, juicy, sweet ; 

 " very good." September. 



Summer Queen. 



Sharpens Early, | Lancaster Queen, [ Homony. 



Popular and profitable in some sections of the Southwest. Fruit, me- 

 dium to large, roundish conical, tapering to the eye, yellow, striped and 

 splashed with purplish red: stem, medium ; cavity, narrow ; calyx, large, 

 open ; basin, furrowed ; flesh, yellowish, sometimes a pink tinge, juicy, 

 aromatic, sub-acid ; " very good." August to September. 



Summer Bellflower. 

 Summer Belle-fleur. 

 From Dutchess Co., N. Y. Tree, strong, upright growth, spreading nead, 

 early regular bearer. Fruit, above medium, roundish oblong, slightly 

 conical, two or three obscure ribs : clear yellow, few greenish dots, faint 

 orange blush : stem, long, stout at base ; cavity, shallow; calyx, closed, 

 small reflexed segments ; basin, five-sided ; core, medium, hollow ; small 

 seeds ; flesh, white, fine-grained, tender, sub-acid ; " best." New. Aug. 

 to Sept. (Hort.) There is a Summer Bellflower grown in Ohio, which we 

 have only once seen, which is an inferior fruit, distinct from above. 

 There is also a 



Summer Bellflower 



which is distinct from the above, and very much resembles Yellow Bell- 

 flower in shape and color, but has a very wide and deep cavity, and closed 

 calyx. Flesh, yellowish white, firm and fine texture, not very juicy, with 

 a brisk, agreeable, very pleasant flavor, and decidedly the best of its season. 

 Last of August and first of September. 



• Summer Pippin. 



Sour Bough. 

 American. Tree, vigorous, profitable market sort ; valuable for cook- 

 ing. Fruit, medium to large, oblong oval, irregular, waxy yellow ; shaded 

 with crimson blush, green and grayish dots ; stem, varying ; cavity, deep, 

 abrupt ; calyx, closed ; basin, deep, furrowed ; flesh, white, tender, plea- 

 sant, sub-acid ; core, large. August. September. 



Superb Sweet. 



Raised by Jacob Dean, Mansfield, Mass. Tree, vigorous, productive. 

 Fruit, rather large, roundish, pale yellow, much red in the sun : stalk, long, 

 inserted in a deep cavity ; calyx, large, open ; basin, broad ; flesh, white, 



