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Graniwinkle. Size, medium ; roundish, slightly oblong, 

 dark red, somewhat roughs flesh yellowish orange, sweet, 

 rich. Cider. N.Jersey. Late autumn aiid early winter. 



Jeksey Sweeting. Size, medium ; round-ovate, often 

 oblong-o\'ate, somewhat conical ; thickly striped with fine 

 red on greenish yellow ; stalk one-half to an inch long ; 

 cavity rather irregular; basin wrinkled, distinct; flesh 

 whitish, very sweet, juicy and tender, good second rate 

 or nearly first rate in flavor. Good in all localities. Early 

 and mid-autumn — immediately follows Golden Sweet. 

 Shoots stout, short jointed ; leaves crenate-serrate. 143. 



Peach-Pond Sweet. Size, medium ; roundish-oblate, re 

 motely conical ; delicately striped light red on pale 

 greenish yellow ; stalk slender, varying in lengih from 

 half an inch to an inch ; tender, rich, sweet. Nearly 

 or quite first rate. Mid-autumn. Origin, Dutchess 

 County, New- York. Fig. 142. 



Section 11. — Not striped. 



Autumnal Swaar. (Syn. Sweet Swaar.) Large, oblate, 

 sometimes very slightly ribbed ; rich yellow ; stalk an 

 inch or more long, varying from long and slender, to 

 thick and fleshy at insertion ; cavity and basin wide and 

 slightly ribbed ; flesh tender, yellowish, not juicy, with 

 a very sweet, spicy, agreeable flavor. Mid-autumn. 

 Growth vigorous, shoots diverging, tree spreading. One 

 of the finest autumn sweet apples. 



Haskell Sweet. Large, oblate, regular, greenish, a warm 

 brown cheek ; stalk one-half to three-fourths of an inch 

 long, moderately sunk; basin rather deep, nearly even, 

 flesh tinged with yellowish browm, very tender, sweet, 

 good. R. Manning says this is the best of autumn sweet 

 appies. Fig. 155. 



Lyman^s Pumpki7i Sweet. Very large, roundish, ribbed 

 most towards the stalk ; pale green ; stalk short ; calyx 

 small, basin abrupt ; flesh white, sweet, tender, not juicy; 

 second or third rate. Ripens through autumn, into win« 

 ter. A valuable culinary sort. 



