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DESCRIPTIONS OP APPLES. 



CLASS II. CONICAL APPLES. 

 ORDER .1 REGULAR. 



SECTION 1. SWEET. 

 SUB-SECTION 2. STRIPED. 



Kentucky 



This is an apple of Kentucky or southern origin, found 

 in many parts of the western country among the emi- 

 grants from Dixie Land, with whom it is a great favorite 

 on account of abundant fruitage and rich sweetness. 



Specimens, under name, were received from the intelli- 

 gent southern pomologist, J. S. Downer, of Fairview, Ken- 

 tucky, also from J. W. Dodge, of Pomona, Tennesseej 



Fig. 145. KENTUCKY SWEET. 



from which the description and drawing are taken. It has 

 also been seen frequently in Southern Illinois. 



Fruit medium, conic, regular ; Surface smooth, deep red, 

 stripes obscured and scarcely visible, the yellow ground 

 color rarely seen ; Dots scattered, large, yellow. 



Basin regular, narrow, not deep, leather-cracked ; Eye 

 medium, long, open ; Segments short. 



