SUMMER APPLES. 95 



maturity, long keeping, thrifty growth, bearing 

 when young, and various other qualities, materially 

 affect their value. 



SUMMER FRUIT. 



Yellow Harvest. Tree small, a great bearer, fruit 

 medial size, yellow, acid ; perhaps the best very 

 early apple. 



Summer Rose, or Woolmarfs Early. Fruit medi- 

 al size or small, slightly flattish, delicately striped 

 and marbled with red, flesh delicately breaking in 

 texture, sub-acid, juicy, fine. A moderate bearer. 



Early Sweet Bough. Tree rather small, of com- 

 pact growth, a good bearer, fruit large, nearly glo- 

 bular, slightly oblong-conical, flesh delicate, very 

 sweet, and of excellent flavor. Probably the best 

 early sweet apple. 



American Red Juneating. Tree of upright growth, 

 fruit medial size, oblong-conical, streaked with a 

 high brilliant red, flavor sub-acid and fine. An 

 abundant bearer every alternate year. Several 

 worthless varieties are cultivated under this name. 



Sine Qua Non. Tree small and of slow growth, 

 fruit medial size, somewhat conical, green becom- 

 ing yellow, texture delicate, flavor sub-acid and 

 excellent. A great bearer, and a decidedly first 

 rate fruit in every respect. 



Buffington's Early. Fruit medial size, flat, yel- 

 lowish white, very delicate, sub-acid, excellent. A 

 moderate bearer, but unsurpassed as a table fruit. 



