APPLES. 299 



Section ILNol striped. 



Golden Sweet.* Medium or rather large, roundish, slightly flat- 

 tened ; greenish, becoming pale yellow ; stalk an inch or more 

 long, slender; cavity acuminate; basin moderate; flesh very 

 sweet, good, of moderate quality. The fruit is always fair, the 

 tree a free grower, and very productive. Buds large; leaves 

 sharply serrate. Late in summer. Valuable for culinary pur- 

 poses. Tender far West; succeeds well Southwest. Connecti- 

 cut. Fig. 359. 



Hightop.* (Summer Sweet of Ohio, Sweet June.) Rather small, 

 roundish, regular; skin smooth, light yellow; cavity deep, nar- 

 row ; calyx small, in a shallow, slightly furrowed basin ; flesh 

 yellowish, very sweet, rich : tree upright, productive. A valua- 

 ble summer sweet apple at the West. Massachusetts. Fig. 353. 



FIG. 351. Sweet Bough. 



FIG. 353. FIG. 354. FIG. 352- 



Hightop Sweeting. Early Harvest. American Summer Pearmain. 



Manomet. (Manomet Sweeting.) Size medium, roundish ; yellow, 

 with a rich cheek ; stalk rather slender, cavity shallow ; basin 

 shallow, furrowed ; flesh tender, sweet, rich. Late summer. 

 Massachusetts. 



Sweet Bough.* (Large Yellow Bough, Early Sweet Bough.) 

 Large, roundish, remotely conical-ovate, sometimes distinctly 

 conical; pale greenish yellow, stalk one-half to an inch long; 

 basin narrow, deep ; flesh white, very tender, with an excellent 

 sweet flavor. Ripens from the middle to the end of summer. 

 A moderate and regular bearer. Shoots yellowish, somewhat 

 irregular, ascending ; tree round-headed ; leaves obtusely crenate. 

 Fig- 35i. 



CLASS II. WITH MORE OR LESS ACIDITY. 

 Section 1. Striped with red. 



American Summer Pearmain.* (Early Summer Pearmain , of Coxe.} 

 Medium in size, oblong, slightly inclining to truncate-conical ; 

 nearly covered with fine broken streaks and dots of red; stalk 



