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only tiig'lily 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. 

 Young wood stout, and short jointed. This apple commences 

 maturing about the last of August, and continues ripening till 

 frost. 



Jewett's Fine Eed. 

 Nodhead. 



Origin, New Hampshire, of moderate growth, and productive, 

 requires high culture to produce fair fruit. 



Fruit medium, oblate. Skin greenish white, striped and 

 shaded with crimson. Stem short, inserted in a broad deep 

 cavity. Calyx firmly closed, in an exceedingly small basin. 

 Flesh tender, juicy, with a very pleasant, sprightly, almost sweet 

 flavour. November to February. 



Jewett's Best. 



Origin, farm of S. W. Jewett, Weybridge, Vt, same habit as 

 Rhode Island Greening. 



Fruit large, oblate or nearly globular, irregular. Skin 

 greenish, mostly shaded with deep red. Stem short, inserted in a 

 large cavity. Calyx closed, set in a very small basin. Flesh 

 yellowish, juicy, almost melting, with a very pleasant, rich, sub- 

 acid flavour. December to February. 



John's Sweet. 



Origin, Lyndsboro, New Hampshire, a good grower, some- 

 what straggling, a prolific bearer. 



Fruit medium, oblong or conic. Skin whitish yellow, sprin- 

 kled, striped, and splashed with red. Stem short, inserted in a 

 narrow cavity, surrounded by russet. Calyx closed, set in an 

 abrupt basin. Flesh juicy, tender, with a sweet peculiar flavour. 

 January to May. 



Johnson. 



Origin, Brookfield, Conn. A strong, upright grower, and a 

 good bearer. 



Fruit above medium, roundish, conic. Skin smooth, striped 

 with red on a yellow ground, dark red in the sun. Stem of me- 

 dium length, in a large cavity. Calyx closed, in an abrupt basin^ 



