THE APPLE. 223 



Sponge. 



Fruit large, roundish ; skin greenish, striped with dull red, 

 dotted with whitish spots. Flesh white, coarse, sub-acid; a 

 kitchen fruit. October and November. 



Sprague. 



Size rather small, oblong oval, slightly conic. Skin yellow, 

 flesh yellow, juicy, tender, sprightly, sub-acid. October. 



Steel's Sweet. 



Origin, Berlin, Conn. ; productive, keeps well, but not 

 always fair. 



Fruit medium, globular, angular, yellowish, slight blush. Flesh 

 white, compact, juicy, with a peculiar saccharine flavour. De- 

 cember to March. 



Stroat. Floy. Ken. 

 Straat. Thomp. 



An apple formerly in high esteem among the descendants of 

 the Dutch settlers on the North River. Not profitable. 



Fruit above the middle size, regularly formed, roundish 

 oblong, and tapering a little to the eye. Skin smooth, yellow- 

 ish green. Flesh yellow, very tender, with an excellent, rich, 

 brisk flavour. In eating from September to December. 



Surprise. Thomp. 



A small, round, whitish yellow apple, of little or no value, but 

 admired by some for its singularity — the flesh being stained with 

 red. November to January. 



Summer Golden Pippin. Thomp. Lind. P. Mag. 



A nice little English dessert apple, but inferior to many of our 

 own. Fruit small, ovate, flattened at the eye. Skin shining 

 bright yellow, with a little orange next the sun. Flesh yellow, 

 firm, crisp, and rich. August. 



Sweet and Sour. 



Fruit large, oblate, ribbed, the ribs being green, and the inter- 

 vening hollows light yellow ; the ribs bearing the flavour of the 

 fruit, which is acid, the intervening hollows being almost flavour- 

 less, but sweetish ; this portion not having its juice well elabo- 

 rated. December, February. 



