THE APPLE. 



LADIES' SWEETING. 



American. We have repeatedly fruited and met with this variety 

 West, where it seems generally to succeed, but neglecting to make, 

 or having lost our description, we copy that of Mr. Downing, who 

 first introduced and disseminated the variety : " Wood, not very 

 strong, grows thriftily, bears abundantly." 



" Fruit, large, roundish ovate, narrowing rapidly^ to the eye ; 

 skin, very smooth, nearly covered with red in the sun, pale yellow- 

 ish green in the shade, with broken stripes of pale red. The red is 

 sprinkled with well-marked yellowish gray dots, and covered when 

 first gathered, with a thin white bloom. There is, also, generally, a 

 fault marbling of cloudy white over the red, on the shady side of the 

 fruit, and rays of the same around the stalk. Calyx quite small, set 

 in a narrow, shallow plaited basin ; stalk half an inch long, in a shal- 

 low cavity ; flesh greenish white, exceedingly tender, juicy, crisp, 

 delicious, sprightly, agreeably-perfumed flavor ; keeps without shriv- 

 eling or losing its flavor, till May." 



LOWELL. 



Greasy Pippin , 



Queen Anne. 



Pound Royal, erroneously. 



American. The early habit of productiveness, with the large fair 



