138 SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



yellow, minute; cavity very wide, deep, sometimes with radiating 

 russet; stem medium; rather slender; basin narrow, abrupt, fur- 

 rowed; calyx small, closed; segments flat convergent, very small. 

 Core large, open; cells ovate, entire; tube funnel-shaped; stamens 

 median; seeds numerous, short, plump; flesh white, fine-grained; 

 juicy, tender, delicious, spicy, subacid, very good to best. December 

 to June. 



Northern Sweet. Origin, St. George, Vermont; desirable for the 

 home orchard. 



Fruit large, roundish conical, angular; surface whitish yellow with 

 bronze blush; dots obscure, numerous, minute, russet and whitish, 

 cavity shallow, regular, wide, obtuse, with radiate russet; stem, me- 

 dium to long; basin narrow, ribbed, angular, abrupt, shallow; calyx 

 open; segments divergent. Core closed; cells round, slit; tube 

 funnel-shaped, large; stamens median; seeds plump; flesh white, 

 with yellow veinings, sweet, good. September, October. 



Northfield. Origin, Vermont; tree rather vigorous with roundish 

 head. 



Fruit large, roundish oblate, sides unequal ; surface whitish yellow, 

 blushed and faintly striped with red and netted more or less with 

 russet; cavity broad, moderately deep, slightly russeted; stem one 

 inch long, rather stout; basin wide, abrupt, moderately deep, corru- 

 gated; calyx medium, nearly closed. Core medium, closed; tube long, 

 funnel-shaped; flesh juicy, crisp, tender, mild subacid; quality rather 

 poor. [Downing wrote "good for cooking."] Season September to 

 December. (Mich. Exp. Sta. Bui., 169, p. 787.) 



Northwestern Greening. Origin, Waupaca Co., Wisconsin; intro- 

 duced in 1872 by E. W. Daniels. 



Fruit large to very large, roundish oblong, slightly conical, trun- 

 cated, regular; surface yellowish green, unctuous; dots white, 

 small, some with gray bases, a few large russet dots; cavity regular, 

 deep, acute, sometimes slightly russeted; stem rather short; basin 

 regular, finely wrinkled around the eye; calyx open. Core closed, 

 clasping; tube funnel-shaped, broad; stamens median; flesh greenish 

 yellow, firm, juicy, subacid, good. All winter. 



J. S. Harris: ( "It does a little better top- worked on hardy stocks, 

 i.e., crabs and hybrids." (Minn. Hort. Rep., 1895, p. 155.) 



Nottingham Brown. Origin, Pennsylvania. 



Fruit large, roundish; skin medium thick, tenacious; surface with 



