SUMMER APPLES. 



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DESCRIPTION OF SUMMEK APPLES. 



Class I. Red striped fruit. 



Order I. Height and breadth equal or subequal. 



B. Ends unequal. 



1. AMERICAN SUMMER PEARMAIN (Thompson). 



Early Summer Pearmain, Ccxe. 



Fruit medium size, tapering moderately from 

 the base to the crown, circular. Skin spotted 

 with yellow and red on the shaded side, and 

 striped with lively red and yellow upon the 

 sunny side. Stem f inch long, set in a deep 

 depression. Calyx set in a deep depression. 

 Flesh yellowish and tender. Flavor rich and 

 pleasant. 

 A New-Jersey Apple, supposed by Mr. 



Downing to have been produced from a seed 



of the English Summer Pearmain. It grows 



well on sandy soils. 



2. EARLY RED MARGARET (Thompson, Lindley). 



Red Juneating. Margaret or Striped Juneating, Ronalds. Early Red Juneating. Ev§ Apple of the Irish. Striped 

 Juneating. Margaretha Apfel of the Germans. 



Fruit slightly below the medium size, round-ovate, tapering from the middle to the crown, 

 circular : base much greater than the crown. Stem thick, short, subequaling the base, 

 and set in a rather deep depression. Calyx set in a small shallow depression. Flesh 

 white and subacid : flavor rich, pleasant and agreeable. 

 This apple ripens in July. The tree is slender, and is a moderate bearer. 



3. SOPS OF WINE (Lindley, Ross). 

 Sops in Wine, Ray, 1688. Rode Wyn Apfel, Knoop. Sapson, Kenhick. 

 Fruit below the medium size, globular, tapering from the middle to the crown, fair, cir- 

 cular, crimson, striped on the sunny side with purplish crimson, and covered with a 

 delicate white bloom. Stem slender. Flesh white and stained with a pinkish hue, juicy 

 and crisp : taste subacid : flavor pleasant. 



This fruit lasts till October : and though not regarded as one of the best, yet its beauty 

 and qualities combined make it deserving of cultivation. 



