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DESCRIPTIONS 



30. PHILLIPS' SWEETING. 



I'Ig. 10. 



Fruit above the iiicdiiiin size ; 

 base broaci, and tnpering 

 from near the mifidle : 

 much wider than high. 

 Stem deep, nearly equal- 

 ing^ the base, hut does noi 

 project. Depression regu- 

 lar. Calyx rather small ; 

 depression rather broad, 

 open and shallow, but not 

 deep. Color red, and stri- 

 ped and mottled upon a 

 yellow ground ; darkest 

 upon ihe base. Flesh yel- 

 lowish, tender, juicy and 

 crisp, with an agreeable 

 flavor. Ripens in Novem- 

 ber and keeps till March. 



This apple i-i an Ohio seedling, and supposed to have originated in Coshocton. It is 

 described in the Oliio Cultivator for March 15, 1847, and in the Horticulturist for February. 

 The tree is described aj an annual and prolific bearer, vigorous and upright in its growth. 

 It is regarded as valuable for culinary purposes, and by many as one of the besrt of sweet 

 apples. Transactions of the Ohio Fruit Convention, for 1847. 



31. SWEET BALDWIN. 



Fruit of the full inedium size ; symmetrical ; rather elongated. Color red in indistinct 

 stripes, ornamenting a yellow ground. Stem of a medium .length ; slender. Basin 

 small. Flesh yeUowish white, tender, juicy, and fine. Early winter. 



32. BLACK APPLE (o/Coxe.) 

 Rather small, dark red or nearly black ; skin covered witii a whitish mealy bloom. 



33. CARTHOUSE. 



Fruit below the mediimi size ; subsymmelrical ; ape.K flattened. Color striped and shaded 

 on a yellow ground. Stem rather long, slender ; basin slightly plaited, wide. Flesh 

 tough, crisp, agreeable ; mildly acid. 

 Market apple for New-Orleans, setJt from tiie Oliio valley. 



