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possess nearly a neutral flavor between a dead sweetness 

 and slight acidity. Again, apples classed with those that 

 are striped, sometimes present a nearly uniform shade of 

 red ; and, in rare instances, the brown cheek of a green 

 or yellow variety exhibits faint stripes. 



But these may be regarded rather as exceptions to general 

 characters, which are on the whole as clearly defined as any 

 other distinctive points of the different varieties. Controll- 

 ing circumstances will produce changes in all fruits, and 

 descriptions are not founded on extreme exceptions, but on 

 average characteristics. 



The size is designated by comparison ; — for example, the 

 Swaar and Baldwin are large; Herefordshire Pearmain 

 and Tallman Sweeting are medium j English Golden 

 Pippin and Lady Apple are small. Qualifying terms give 

 a more precise meaning, — as the Fall Pippin and Monstrous 

 Pippin, are very large ; Hawley and Dutch Mignonne, are 

 quite large; Bullock's Pippin and Early Strawberry are 

 rather small ; and the Siberian Crab is very small. 



DIVISION I.— SUMMEK APPLES. 



Class I. — Sweet Apples. 



Section I. — Striped with red. 



Bed and Green Sweet. Very large, long conical ; striped 

 with light red; stalk short, basin narrow, flesh swee,, 

 with a second or third rate flavor. Baking. Late 

 summer. 



Section II. — Not striped. 



BOUGH. (Syn. Large Yellow Bough, Sweet Bough, 

 Early Sweet Bough.) Large, roundish, remotely conical- 

 ovate, sometimes distinctly conical ; pale greenish yellow, 

 stalk one-half to an inch long, basin narrow, deep ; flesh 

 white, very tender, with an excellent sweet flavor. Bipens 

 from the middle to the end of summer. A moderate and 

 regular bearer. Shoots yellowish, somewhat irregular, 

 ascending; trer round-headed ; Ie»/es obtusely crenate. 



