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SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



juicy, fine-grained, rich sweet, quality very good for a sweet apple. 

 All winter. 



Tolman Sweet. 



Tompkins King (King of Tompkin.'i County). — Supposed origin 

 Essex Co., Xew .Jersey, but was first noticed as a heavy bearer in 

 Tompkins Co., New York, in 1838; tree very vigorous, large, spread- 

 ing, an annual bearer, moderately productive usually. A favorite for 

 export as it keeps well and stands shipment well. 



Fruit large, globular, inclining to conical, sometimes roundish 

 oblate, angular; surface deep rich 3'ellow, mostly covered with sliaded 

 and dotted bright red, with dark crimson stripes and splashes; dots 

 distinct, numerous, light russet, large; cavity large, often irregular, 

 obtuse, yellow, with trace of russet; stem long or short, stout or 

 slender; basin narrow, shallow, smooth, or slightly wrinkled; cah'x 

 small, closed; segments erect convergent. Core closed, meetmg, large, 

 sessile, turbinate; cells elliptical, widch' slit, with much exudate; tube 

 funnel-shaped; stamens basal; seeds few, about half imperfect, large, 

 long; Hesh yellow juicy, rather coarse, tender, rich, vinous, very 

 agreeable subacid, very good to best. December to March. 



Townsend. — Found by Ste])hen Townsend, over one hundred 

 j-ears ago, in an Indian clearing in Bucks Co., Pennsylvania; tree 

 vigorous, upright, spreading, productive. 



Fruit rather large, oblate, slightly conic; surface pale yellow. 



