160 THE APPLE. 



SWEET WINESAP. 



From Clark County, Ohio. Fruit, large, roundish flattened, rough skin, 

 greenish yellow with blotches of dark green ; calyx, medium ; basin, 

 open ; stem, short ; core and seeds, small ; flesh, yellowish wnite, tender, 

 mild sub-acid, almost sweet. November, December. 



SPICE RUSSET. 



Sweet Russet, of some erroneously. 



Fruit, below medium, roundish flattened; light yellow russet, numerous 

 small fine dots ; exposed to sun, carmine and yellow bronzed ; stem, slen- 

 der; cavity, narrow; calyx, closed; basin, shallow; core, large, some- 

 what hollow ; seeds, ovate ; flesh, white, slightly tinged with yellow, fine 

 grained, juicy, slightly sweet, aromatic ; " very good." December to 

 March. 



TEWKSBURY BLUSH. 



Tewksbury Winter Blush, | Fink's Seedling. 



From New Jersey. Tree, rapid, rather upright growth, very .pro- 

 ductive, always fair, great keeper. Fruit, small, round ovate flattened ; 

 yellowish green, with minute russet dots and occasionally a red cheek ; 

 stem, slender ; calyx, small; basin, shallow; core, medium; seeds, light 

 brown ; flesh, yellowish white, juicy, firm, tender, sub-acid. January to 

 August. 



TOWNSEND. 



From Pennsylvania. Tree, mo'derate spreading growth, abundant early 

 bearer. Fruit, medium, roundish ; pale yellow, overspread and streaked 

 with red in sun, marblings of russet at stem, grayish white dots rough, 

 blue bloom; stem, slender; cavity, deep ; calyx, closed, segments narrow 

 in divisions ; basin, abrupt, medium ; core, medium ; seeds, ovate ; 

 flesh, yellowish white, breaking, rather dry, sub-acid ; " very good." 

 September. 



TRUMBULL SWEETING. 



Fenton Sweeting. 



From Trumbull County, Ohio. Fruit, above medium, roundish flat- 

 tened ; pale yellow, slight blush and red spots ; stem, short ; cavity, deep ; 

 calyx, large ; basin, deep ; flesh, white, tender, juicy, sweet ; " very 

 good." September to November. 



VIRGINIA GREENING. 



Fruit, large, roundish oval, flattened at ends, slightly angular; dull green- 

 ish yellow, brownish in sun, scattered brown specks with whitish green 

 circle suffused around them ; stem, medium ; cavity, acuminate ; calyx, 

 large, short segments ; core, small ; seeds, long ovate ; flesh, yellowish 

 white, mild sub-acid ; not quite "very good." December to March. Es- 

 teemed at the South as a keeper. 



