THE APPLE. 323 



RED AND GREEN SWEET. 



Red Pound Sweet. Bedford Sweet. 



Wheelock Sweet. Large Early Red. 



Prince's Large Red and Green Sweet. 



Origin unknown. Tree a good grower, upright spreading, a moderate 

 annual bearer. 



Fruit very large, oblong conic, ribbed, greenish white, with stripes 

 of red. Flesh white, tender, sweet ; a good fruit for baking and stock 

 feeding. Middle of August to middle of September. 



RED APPLE. 



Origin, Berks Co., Pa. 



Fruit below medium, roundish oblate, striped and marbled with 

 bright red. Stalk long, slender. Calyx large. Flesh whitish, slightly 

 stained with red, tender. Good. January to March. (Am. P. S. Rep.) 



RED ASTRACHAN. 



Deterding's Early. 

 Astrachan Rouge. 



Vermilion d'Ete. 

 Abe Lincoln. 



Rother Astrakan. 



A fruit of extraordinary beauty, first imported into England, with 

 the White Astrachan, from Sweden, in 1816. It bears abundantly 

 with us, and its singular richness of color is heightened by an exquisite 

 bloom on the surface of the fruit, like that of a plum. It is one of the 



Red Astrachan. 



handsomest dessert fruits, and its quality is good, but if not taken from 

 the tree as soon as ripe it is liable to become mealy. Tree a vigorous 



