106 SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



Fruit medium, roundish ovate, somewhat conical ; surface smooth, 

 yellow, nearly covered with mixed red, striped and splashed with darker 

 red; dots mostly minute, with some large russet dots; cavity acute, 

 regular, or wavy, rather deep, brown; stem medium to long; basin 

 narrow, nearly flat, wrinkled; calyx closed, small. Core half open, 

 tube funnel-shaped; stamens marginal; seeds numerous, wide, 

 pointed, plump; flesh whitish, tender, fine-grained, very juicy, aromatic 

 rich, very sweet, very good. Begins to ripen last of August and 

 continues till frost. 



Jewett Red (Nodhead). Origin, New Hampshire. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate, conical, irregular; surface greenish 

 white, striped, splashed and shaded with bright red and crimson, 

 with a thin dull grayish bloom; dots many, very distinct, white; 

 cavity broad, deep, acuminate, green; stem short; basin exceedingly 

 small, irregular, shallow; calyx firmly closed. Flesh tender, juicy, 

 very pleasant, sprightly, almost sweet, good to very good. November 

 to February. 



Jonathan. Origin, Kingston, New York; this and Grimes Golden 

 are considered the two best varieties for dessert use in the West. 

 Jonathan is evidently of the Spitzenburg type and by some 

 is considered to be a seedling of that variety. For best results should 

 not be grown alone but intermingled with other varieties for proper 

 pollination of the blossoms; tree of moderate vigor, forming an 

 upright, spreading; round head; shoots rather slender, drooping; foliage 

 rather sparse, grayish. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblong, somewhat conical, truncated, 

 regular; surface very smooth, clear light yellow, almost or wholly 

 covered with solid brilliant dark red on sunny side, on shaded side 

 mixed and striped with lighter red ; dots distinct, many, minute, whit- 

 ish; cavity acute, deep, regular, with stellate russet; stem long, 

 slender; basin deep, smooth, very abrupt, rather wide; calyx small, 

 closed; segments connivent. Core closed, scarcely clasping; cells 

 obovate; tube conical; stamens median or basal; seeds plump, long, 

 pointed; flesh white, very tender and juicy, spicy, aromatic, sprightly 

 subacid, quality best. December to March East, late fall and early 

 winter in the South. 



Top-grafting Jonathan on stronger growing varieties to over- 

 come its slender growth is often practised; a grower in Iowa found 

 Haas especially well adapted for this purpose. 



