NORTHERN SWEET. 



Synonyms Golden Sweet, Northern Golden Sweeting. 



Site of Fruit-Above medium. { Longitudinal diameter, 2i to 25 inches. 



(. Transverse diameter, 3 to 3i inches. 



Form Roundish or truncate, ovate, sometimes obscurely ribbed. 

 Skin Fair, smooth, golden yellow, with sometimes a crimson cheek. 

 Stem \ inch long by TO thick, usually curved, inserted into a moderately wide 



cavity, which terminates somewhat abruptly. 

 Calyx Small, closed, set in a rather deep open plaited basin. 

 Core Below medium. 



Seed Light chestnut, f inch long, fg wide, 4 thick. 

 Flesh Whitish, fine, tender, crisp, juicy. 

 Flavor Saccharine, with an agreeable aroma. 

 Quality " Very good." 

 Maturity October and November. 

 Growth Moderate, branches drooping. 



HISTORY, ETC. 



The Northern Sweet is believed to be a native of Vermont. It was brought 

 into notice by Mr. Jonathan Battey, of Keeseville, Clinton County, New York. 

 He gives in the Fourth Volume of the Horticulturist, the following history of 

 this variety: "Some 50 or 60 years ago, Nathan Lockwood, of Westchester 

 County, New York, on his removal to St. George, Chittenden County, Vermont, 

 took with him, as usual in such cases, seeds from which he raised trees and 

 planted an orchard. In this orchard stood the tree, from which all others of this 

 variety, so far as my knowledge extends, have been derived." Mr. Battey 

 exhibited specimens of this Apple at the meeting of the Congress of Fruit 

 Growers in 1849, which were favorably noticed in the Report of the Native 

 Fruit Committee. The Northern Sweet comes early into bearing, and is said 

 to be very productive. It is cultivated to a considerable extent in the valley 

 of Lake Champlain, and has recently been widely disseminated by Mr. Battey. 



