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DESCRIPTIONS OF APPLES. 



Mountain Sweet. 



MOUNTAINEER. 



From Pennsylvania ; exhibited by Joel Wood, before 

 the Ohio Pomological Society. 



, ^ Fruit large, beautiful, but too delicate for transporta- 

 tion, oblate ; Surface smooth, light, yellow ; Dots minute. 



Basin wide, wavy ; Eye small, closed. 



Cavity deep, acute, wavy ; Stem short, slender. 



Core wide, open, dark, clasping the eye ; Seeds numerous, 

 pointed ; Flesh white, breaking, very tender, fine grain- 

 ed, juicy ; Flavor sweet ; Quality good to very good ; 

 Use, table, baking ; Season, December. 



A rival of Broadwell or Ladies' Sweeting. 



Fig. 57. MUNSON SWEET. 



Sweet. 



OKANGE SWEET. 



This New England variety is considered quite promis- 

 ing in its new western homes, where, however, it is not 

 yet widely known or tested. Tree vigorous, spreading, 



