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THE APPLE. 



COGSWELL. 



Cogswell Pearmain. 



This excellent Apple originated in the town of Griswold, near Nor- 

 wich, Ct., on a farm which came into the possession of William Cogs- 

 well about the year 1798. The original tree was then about forty or 

 fifty years old. The fruit was first exhibited in 1816 or '18, before the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



It is an extremely valuable variet} 7 wherever grown, either for table 

 or market purposes, a good keeper, and bears carriage to market long 

 distances without apparent injury. Tree a vigorous, upright, spreading 

 grower, an abundant bearer of very regular, even-sized fruit. Young 

 shoots dark reddish brown, somewhat downy. 



Cogswell. 



Fruit size above medium. Form roundish oblate, regular. Color 

 -rich yellow, nearly covered with red, marked and streaked with bright 

 Ted, pretty thickly sprinkled with areole dots. Stalk short, rather slender. 

 'Cavity large, thinly russeted. Calyx small, nearly closed. Basin small, 

 .shallow. Flesh yellowish, fine-grained, tender, juicy, scarcely subacid, 

 rich aromatic. Core small. Yery good to best. December to March. 



COLE. 

 Scarlet Perfume. Duling ? 



A variety from England, of second quality, but admired for its beauty 

 of appearance. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate, conic, ribbed. Color deep crimson 

 on a yellowish ground, or sometimes entirely red, with a little russet. 

 Stalk medium, woolly, planted in a cavity broad and deep. Calyx large, 

 in a broad basin. Flesh white, rather firm, juicy, yellowish, somewhat 

 rich and agreeable. Nearly very good. September and October. 



