THE APPLE. 231 



and handsome fruit of excellent quality, in use all of September. Young 

 wood light reddish brown, smooth. 



Fruit medium, oblate, inclining to conic, yellow, shaded and splashed 

 with crimson, and thickly covered with large whitish dots. Stalk very 

 short, inserted in a rather large cavity. Calyx closed, set in a round 

 open basin. Flesh white, tender, juicy, with a rich, mild, subacid fla- 

 vor. Very good. September. 



JEFFERSON COUNTY. 



Origin, Jefferson Co., N. Y. Tree vigorous, hardy, spreading, an 

 early and great bearer. Young wood dull grayish brown. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate, slightly conic, yellow, splashed and 

 shaded with fine red, minute light dots and some blotches of russet. 

 Flesh whitish yellow, juicy, tender, pleasant subacid. Good to very 

 good. Core small. October, November. 



JENKINS. 



Originated with John M. Jenkins, Montgomery Co., Pa. 



Fruit small, roundish ovate, red, interspersed with numerous large 

 white dots on yellowish ground. Flesh white, tender, fine texture, 

 juicy, agreeably saccharine. Good. January to March. 



There is another Jenkins apple which ripens in summer. It is small, 

 roundish, yellow, striped with red. 



JENNINGS SWEET. 



Originated at Marietta, Ohio. Tree vigorous, productive. 

 Fruit large, roundish oblate, yellow, striped with bright red. Flesh 

 whitish, sweet, fine for baking or stock. Good. October, November. 



JERSEY PIPPIN. 



Foreign. 



Fruit medium, round oblong conical, yellowish green, stripes of red 

 in the sun. Flesh greenish yellow, juicy, vinous, subacid. Good. 

 November, February. (Elliott.) 



JERSEY SWEETING. 



Origin unknown. Tree moderately vigorous, forming a handsome 

 round head, productive. Young wood dark reddish brown, downy. 



A very popular Apple in the Middle States, where it is not only 

 highly valued for the dessert, but, owing to its saccharine quality, it is 

 also planted largely for the fattening of swine. 



Fruit medium size, roundish ovate, tapering to the eye. The calyx 

 is small, closed, very slightly sunk, in a small plaited basin. Stalk half 

 an inch long, in a rather narrow cavity. Skin thin, greenish yellow, 

 washed and streaked, and often entirely covered with stripes of pale and 

 dull red. Flesh white, fine-grained, and exceedingly juicy, tender, 

 sweet, and sprightly. Good to very good. Young wood stout, and 

 short-jointed. This apple commences maturing about the last of 

 August, and continues ripening till frost. 



