THE APPLE. 347 



SAWYER. 



Origin, Amos Sawyer, Hillsborough, 111. Tree vigorous, upright, 

 early bearer. 



Fruit medium. Form conic truncated, regular. Color waxy yellow, 

 with faint blush of crimson, thinly sprinkled with small gray dots. Stalk 

 medium, slender. Cavity medium, acute. Calyx rather large, somewhat 

 open. Segments reflexed. Basin deep, abrupt, regular. Flesh yellow, 

 breaking, tender, juicy, subacid. Core small. Quality good. April to 

 July. (Am. Jour, of Hort.) 



SAWYER SWEET. 



Origin unknown. Tree a strong, healthy grower, upright spreading. 

 Young wood reddish brown, grayish, slightly downy. 



Fruit large, greenish, with blush in the sun. Flesh white, sweet. 

 Good. October, November. 



SCARLET CROFTON. 

 Red Crofton. 



An Irish Apple. 



Fruit medium, oblate, yellowish russet, red in the sun. Flesh firm, 

 crisp, rich, sugary. October, December. (Lindley.) 



SCARLET LEADINGTON. 



Of Scottish origin. 



Fruit above medium, roundish conical, four-sided, yellow and red 

 striped. Flesh yellowish, veined with pink or lilac, firm, crisp, juicy, 

 brisk, sugary. November, February. (Hogg.) 



, SCARLET NONPAREIL. 



New Scarlet Nonpareil. 



Foreign ; medium size, roundish oblate conical, whitish, striped and 

 shaded with red. Flesh yellowish white, firm, juicy, subacid. Very 

 good. November, December. 



SCARLET PEARMAIN. 

 Bell's Scarlet Pearmain. Sigler's Red ? Oxford Peach. 



A showy dessert Apple, of English origin. 



Fruit medium sized, pearmain or conical shaped. Skin light crimson 

 or yellow in the shade, rich crimson on the sunny side. Stalk nearly 

 an inch long, deeply set. Flesh white, stained with a tinge of pink, 

 crisp, juicy, subacid. Yery good. In eating from the last of August to 

 the tenth of October. A plentiful bearer. 



SCARLET SWEET. 



Origin, Ohio. Tree vigorous, productive. Young wood dark brown- 

 ish red, downy. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate, inclining to conic, yellow, shaded 



