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Peach-Pond Sweeti — Size, medium ; roundish-oblate, remotely conical ; 

 delicately striped light red on pale greenish-yellow ; stalk slender, 

 varying in length from half an inch to an inch ; tender, rich, sweet. 

 Nearly or quite first-rate. Mid-autumn. Origin, Dutchess County, 

 New York. 



Autumnal Swaar, — (Syn. sweet Swaar.) Large, oblate, sometimes 

 very slightly ribbed ; rich yellow ; stalk an inch or more long, varying;'*' 

 from long and slender, to thick and fleshy at insertion ; cavity and basin 

 ■wide and slightly ribbed; flesh tender, yellowish, not juicy, with a very 

 sweet, spicy, agreeable flavor. Mid-autumn. Growth vigorous, shoots 

 diverging, tree spreading. One of the finest autumn sweet apples. 



GravcnsteiU. — Rather large, roundish, slightly oblate, obtusely and 

 obscurely ribbed, surface a little wavy ; striped and splashed with 

 bright red on a yellow ground ; stalk three-quarters of an inch long, 

 cavity rather deep ; calyx large ; basin deep, narrow ; flesh tender, 

 juicy, very rich, subacid or rather acid, high-flavored. Mid-autumn. 

 Productive, handsome and excellent. Fine in all localities. Shoots 

 strong, becoming smooth and shining, ascending. German. 



Haskell Sweet. — Large, oblate, regular, greenish, a warm brown cheek ; 

 stalk one-half to three-fourths of an inch long, moderately sunk ; basin 

 rather deep, nearly even, flesh tinged with yellowish brown, very ten- 

 der, sweet, good. E. Manning says this is the best of autumn sweet 

 apples. 



Summer Sweet Paradise, — Large, roundish, sometimes remotely oblong, 

 and slightly flattened at the ends, regular, pale green ; stalk rather 

 thick, three-quarters of an inch long; basin large, distinct; flesh ten- 

 der, sweet, rich, aromatic, of first-rate flavor. Ripens first of autumn. 

 Shoots spreading, leaves sharply serrate. Origin, Pennsylvania. 



Late Strawberry. — {Syn. strawberry, autumn strawberry.) Size, me- 

 dium ; roundish, slightly conical, sometimes faintly ribbed ; nearly 

 whole surface with small broken streaks of light and dark red • stalk 

 slender, about an inch long ; basin ribbed ; flesh yellowish white slight- 

 ly fibrous, very tender and juicy, with a fine, very agreeable, subacid 

 flavor. Young trees of remarkable thrifty growth, leaves sharply ser- 

 rate, which at once distinguishes them from the crenate leaves of the 

 early strawberry. Ripens early in autumn, and often keeps till winter. 

 Very productive. One of the best early autumn apples. 



Dyer, — {Syn. pomme royal, which is the original name.) Rather 

 large, roundish, often approaching round oblong, sometimes slightly 

 flattened, obscurely ribbed ; light yellow, rarely a faint brown cheek, 

 and sometimes a slight russet network over the skin ; stalk three-fourths 

 to one inch long ; basin often deep and large, ribbed ; flesh very fine- 

 grained, tender, very juicy, with a rich subacid or rather acid; excel- 

 lent flavor, having but few equals. 



Fall Pippin, — {Syn. Holland pippin, erroneously.) Very large, 

 roundish, obtuse, somewhat oblong-conical, a little flattened at the endg, 

 sometimes with large obtuse ribs ; color greenish, becoming a high rich 

 yellow when ripe, with some large shades of green about the crown be- 

 fore fully rip^stalk large, in an acuminate cavity ; basin deep ; flesh 

 yellowish, raWier firm, becoming tender, rich, aromatic, excellent. 



