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DESCRIPTIONS 



147. HEICKE'S WINTER SWEET, OR CLARK'S SEEDLING. Fig. 60. 

 Fruit of the mediimi size ; depressed, 

 wide, stein deep, moderatelj' long-, 

 but does not project Calyx small, 

 depression rather shallow. Color 

 yellow; blush faint, if any, subject 

 to mouldy blotches. Flesh yellow- 

 ish, crisp, tender, taste sweet, fla- 

 vor inferior. Keeps from Novem- 

 ber to January. 



This apple is regarded by some as 

 a seedling, by others as an old fruit, 

 which lias been known as a graft for 

 thirty years or more, and known as 

 Heicker's Winter Sweet. Tree is a 

 moderate bearer. It appears, how- 

 ever, that Clark's Seedling keeps until April, and some other differences seem to indicate 

 that the apples differ, although they resemble each other. It is recommended for baking. 



148. SEEVER'S SEEDLING, 

 Fruit of the medium size, globular, wider 

 than high. Stem slender, deeply insert- 

 ed, subequaling the base. Calyx rather 

 large, with long segments ; depression 

 rather deep, even and regular. Color 

 crimson, elegantly striped upon clear 

 lemon yellow ground ; russetty in the 

 stem depression, and bronzed. Flesh 

 yellowish, subacid, juicy, tender, deli- 

 cate, with the flavor of the pear. Seeds 

 full, roundish ; in close chambers, ovate. 

 Autumn. 



This apple is well spoken of by the gen- 

 tlemen composing the Convention of Fruit 

 Growers in Ohio in 1848. 



Fig. 61. 



