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Apples. 



Fig. 253. Ladies' Sweeting. 



Phillips* Sweeting. Medium or large, roundish, slightly flattened 

 and conical, regular ; mottled red, yellow, and dark red ; flesh rich 

 yellow, tender, juicy, crisp, sweet. Very handsome ; resembles 

 Ladies' Sweeting, but more showy and not equal in flavor. Early 

 winter. Growth upright, vigorous. Central Ohio. 



RAMSDELL'S SWEETING. (RamsdelPs Red Pumpkin Sweet.) Rather 

 large, oblong, obscurely conical, regular ; dark rich red, with a 

 blue bloom ; stalk short ; basin rather deep, even ; flesh yellow- 

 ish, tender, sweet, rich, good second quality. Tree vigorous, 

 upright, productive. Late autumn and early winter. Conn. 



Sweet Pearmain. (Henrick Sweet.) Medium size, roundish or 

 ovate-conical ; dark rich red, with rough dots ; stalk an inch long, 

 slender, cavity wide, round ; calyx woolly, basin very small ; flavor 

 sweet and rich. Through winter. Introduced from England 

 before the Revolution. Much valued in Central Ohio and further 

 west. 



SWEET ROMANITE. (Sweet Nonsuch, of 111.) Size medium, round- 

 ish oblate, regular ; striped and shaded with bright red on green- 

 ish yellow ; stalk short ; calyx large, open, basin shallow, fur- 

 rowed ; flesh greenish yellow, firm, crisp, juicy, sweet. Keeps 

 through winter. Valuable at the West. 



Sweet Vandevere. (Sweet Redstreak, Sweet Harvey.) Size medium, 

 oblong, slightly conical ; shaded and striped dull red on greenish 



