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and basin wide and slightly ribbed ; i^erfh tender, yellowish, not 

 juicy, with a very sweet, spicy, agreeable flavor. Mid-autumn. 

 Growth vigorous, shoots diverging, tree spreading. A large, 

 roundish-conical apple, with a good, mild, sub-acid flavor, is 

 grown under this name at the West. 



Autumn Sweet Bough. (Autumn Bough, Fall Bough, Late Bough, 

 Philadelphia Sweet.) Size medium, conical, angular; pale yel- 

 low ; stalk slender, deep set ; basin deep, furrowed ; flesh white, 

 tender, with a very good flavor. Early autumn. Tree vigorous 

 and productive. 



Haskell Sweet. Large, oblate, regular : greenish, a warm brown 

 cheek ; stalk one-half to three-fourths of an inch long, moderately 

 sunk ; basin rather deep, nearly even ; flesh tinged with yellow- 

 ish brown, very tender, sweet, good. 



Munson Sweet.* Size medium, oblate, smooth, and regular ; pale 

 yellow, with a brown blush ; stalk short, in a broad cavity ; calyx 

 in small basin ; flesh yellowish white, tender, with a very good, 

 sweet flavor. Tree a strong grower and uniform bearer. Last 

 half of autumn. A valuable sweet apple. Mass. Fig. 370. 



Prolific Sweet. Medium, oblate conical, base and apex very 

 irregular ; smooth yellowish white, lined green ; flesh white, firm, 

 juicy, sweet, with clear water spots. Good. September in Ver- 

 mont. Fig. 375. Russian. 



Pumpkin Russet. (Sweet Russet.) Large, round, slightly flat- 

 tened ; yellowish green, partly russetted ; cavity wide, shallow ; 

 basin small ; flavor rich and sweet. Through autumn. Distinct 

 from the Sweet Russet cultivated through western New York, 

 which is a more conical fruit. Connecticut. 



Pumpkin Sweet. (Lyman's.) Very large, roundish, ribbed most 

 toward the stalk ; pale green ; stalk short ; calyx small, basin 

 abrupt ; flesh white, sweet, tender, not juicy, of moderate qual- 

 ity. Ripens through autumn, into winter. A valuable culinary 

 sort. Connecticut. 



Stump.* Fruit medium, oblong-conic ; yellow, striped bright red ; 

 sub-acid, very crisp, excellent. Resembles Chenango. Remark- 

 ably prolific. A very desirable home or market variety. Monroe 

 County, N. Y. 



Summer Sweet Paradise. Large, roundish, sometimes remotely 

 oblong, and slightly flattened at the ends, regular ; pale green ; 

 stalk rather thick, three-quarters of an inch long; basin large, 

 distinct ; flesh tender, sweet, rich, aromatic. Ripens first of 

 autumn. Shoots spreading, leaves sharply serrate. Origin, 

 Pennsylvania. 



This is totally distinct from the Dwarf Paradise, used for stocks, 

 which bears a small, poor, sweet, summer fruit. 



Sweet Longfield. Large, regular, oblong-conic ; truncated green- 

 ish yellow, usually blushed on sunny side ; cavity regular, acute ; 

 stem medium ; basin small and abrupt ; flesh white, fine-grained, 

 rich, very sweet, quality good. Late autumn. Fig. 381. Rus- 

 sian. 



