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SWEET BOUGH. 



Bough, 



Early Sweet Bough, 



Large Yellow Bough, 



Sweet Harvest, 

 Washington, 

 Niack Pippin. 



American. First described by Coxe as Bough ; we add, Sweet, as 

 expressive of its character. Valued as a dessert fruit. Young 

 shoots, yellowish, somewhat irregular, ascending. Tree, a moderate, 

 annual bearer, succeeding in all good soils not wet. 



Fruit, large, (our figure hardly medium ;) form, roundish, conical, 

 ovate ; color, greenish, becoming pale yellow when fully ripe ; stem, 

 varying in length ; cavity, deep ; calyx, open ; basin, narrow, deep ; 

 flesh, white, tender, crisp, sprightly, sweet ; core, medium, open cap- 

 sules ; seeds, ovate, light brown. Season, August. 



SWEET PEARMAIN. 



This variety, according to Downing and Thomas, is the " English 

 Sweeting ;" but according to Mr. Manning, the " English Sweeting" 

 is the " fiamsdell's Sweeting," of Downing, (See Hovey's Mag. vol. 

 ',?. page 150.") This variety is extensively grown in central Ohio, 



