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DESCRIPTIONS OF APPLES. 



Cavity regular, acute green ; Stem long. 

 Core rather large, turbinate, open, clasping; Seeds 

 numerous, angular, dark; Flesh yellow, tender, fine- 



Fig. 347. BAILEY SWEET. 



grained, juicy; Flavor very sweet, rich; Quality good to 

 very good ; Use, kitchen, table ; Season, October. 

 A very valuable variety also for stock. 



Brittle Sweet. 



" Origin unknown ; good grower, and very productive. 



" Fruit above medium, roundish, approaching conic, 

 sometimes elongated, angular; Skin greenish yellow, 

 shaded and splashed with crimson, sprinkled with gray 

 dots ; Stem short, inserted in a broad, shallow cavity ; 

 Calyx closed, set in a small corrugated basin ; Flesh yel- 



