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REPORT ON THE 



No. 24- 



SWEET BOUGH. 

 {Large Yellow Bough of Downing.) 



An excellent dessert apple, 

 ripening about the same sea- 

 son as the Early Harvest ; 

 not subject to scab, and a 

 favorite with those who pre- 

 fer a sweet to a sour apple. 

 Not profitable to grow for 

 market, but it deserves a 

 place in every collection for 

 home use. Baked whole it 

 is delicious eaten Avith cream. 



Origin : United States. 



Tkee : of medium vigor, 

 never attaining a large size, 

 and, therefore, even with a 

 full crop, not very produc- 

 tive. Bears full every alter- 

 nate year ; head compact. 



Fruit : large, ovate, coni- 



SwEET Bough. 



cal ; skin'"smooth,;,; greenish 

 yellowj 'stem_one^inch long, 

 in, a';narrow, deeii, 'regular 

 cavity; ^ calyx open, in a 

 shallow, irregular basin. 



Flesh : white, finegrained, 

 tender and juicy; flavor 

 moderately sweet, rich and 

 agreeable. 



Quality: dessert very 

 good ; cooking poor, except 

 for roasting. 



A'alue : home market, 

 second class ; foreign mar- 

 ket useless. 



Season ; late .July to mid- 

 dle of August. 



Adaptation ; succeeds in 

 best apple districts. 



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Section ok Sweet Bough. 



TITOVKA (T/7((.5 Apple.) 



A variety as yet little known or tested in Canada. In season it follows the Duchess. It is 

 a favorite market apple in middle Russia and is found to endure the severest winters. At 



