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Wormsley Pippin. Size medium, roundish, slightly coni- 

 cal ; pale greenish yellow ; stalk rather long, calyx deep 

 sunk ; flesh white, firm, crisp, high-flavored, hut too acid. 

 English. 



Yellow Ingestrie. Small, clear rich yellow, tender, deli- 

 cate, juicy when fresh, crisp, spicy. English. Of little 

 value in this country. 



DIVISION HI.— WINTER APPLES. 



•Class I. — Sweet Apples. 



Section I. — Striped with red. 



Bailey Sweet. {Syn. Patterson Sweet, Edgerly Sweet.) 

 Large, regular ovate, often slightly and sometimes con- 

 siderably ribbed ; the whole surface frequently a full 

 bright red, in small, broken, indistinct stripes and dots, 

 on light ground ; stalk slender, one inch long ; cavity 

 small, narrow, slightly ribbed ; basin small, plaited ; flesh 

 very tender, not juicy; a pure, mild, rich sweet; fine. 

 Early winter. Origin, Perry, Wyoming Co., N. Y. New. 



Hartford Sweeting. {Syn. Spencer Sweeting.) Eather 

 large, roundish, slightly flattened ; striped with fine red 

 on greenish yellow ground; stalk slender, cavity rather 

 shallow, round; calyx large, basin shallow; juicy, ten- 

 der, rich, agreeable. Keeps through winter and spring. 

 Productive. Growth slow, shoots becoming drooping. 

 Although hardly first-rate in quality, valuable for its great 

 productiveness and long keeping. A native of Hartford, 

 Connecticut. 



Ladies' Sweeting. Rather large, roundish-ovate, apex 

 narrow ; striped with red on pale yellowish green ground, 

 a nearly uniform shade of fine red to the sun ; faintly 

 marbled or clouded with white over the red ; and cavity 

 faintly rayed with white ; stalk short, cavity small ; calyx 

 and basin small; tender, juicy, agreeable, fine, rich. 



