THE APPLE. 



and farther west, suiting well the rich soils ; keeping finely all win- 

 ter ; highly valued for baking or eating. 



Fruit, medium size or often above ; form, roundish, slight- 

 ly angular ; color, dull red, rough russet dots and bluish 

 bloom ; stem, long, slender ; cavity, deep wide and open ; calyx, 

 woolly ; basin, medium ; flesh, yellowish, tender, moderately juicy, 

 sweet ; core, medium, with outer or consecutive lines 5 seeds, ovate, 

 pyriform, dark brown. Season, December to March. 



TALMAN'S SWEETIN&. 



Tallman's Sweeting, I Tolman's Sweeting, 

 Brown's Golden Sweet. 



American. Native of Rhode Island ; its name from a family by 

 name of Talman. Its value is for baking and stock feeding. Tree, 

 great bearer, fruit keeping well ; growth rapid, upright, strong, wood 

 dark. 



Fruit, medium ; form, roundish, slightly conical ; color, light yel- 

 low, with a greenish line from stem to apex ; stem, long, slender ; 

 cavity, wide, regular ; calyx, medium ; basin, moderate depth, fur- 



