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DESCRIPTIONS OF APPLES. 



Tree exceedingly vigorous, large, wide-branching, open 

 head, not early bearer, moderately productive when old; 

 Shoots stout, dark ; Leaves large, broad. 



Fruit large to very large, handsome, globular, truncat- 

 ed, making it cylindrical, regular ; Surface smooth, rich 

 yellow, rarely blushed South, frequently so North, with 

 skin finer ; Dots minute, gray. 



Basin deep, abrupt, regular, marked with concentric 

 rings which often crack open in large southern specimens ; 

 Eye large, open ; Segments short. 



Cavity wide, regular, or narrow, deep ; Stem long. 



Core large, regular, closed, meeting the eye ; Seeds 

 pointed, often imperfect ; Flesh yellow, breaking, compact, 

 very fine-grained ; Flavor acid, becoming sub-acid, aroma- 

 tic, delicious ; Quality best for dessert, kitchen, market 

 and drying ; Season September to December. 



Fall Swaar [Or THE WEST.] 



The origin of this apple is unknown. Like many others 

 of our Western fruits, which have been received from vari- 



Fig. 200. FALL SWAAR. 



ous sources, and often from unreliable persons, and with 

 wrong names, we have been obliged to re-christen this. 



