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DESCRIPTIONS 

 63. GOLDEN SWEET, 



Fruit of the medium size, rather de- 

 pressed or flattened. Color green- 

 ish yellow and yellow, fair. Stem 

 slender, protruding beyond the 

 base. Calyx medium size ; depres- 

 sion shallow. Flesh tender, sweet. 

 In New-England it is one of the 

 best of apples for baking ; and ri- 

 pens in early autumn, and perhaps 

 late in summer. Usually in use 

 through September, but frequently 

 on the table in August. Fiery val- 

 uable for its productiveness. 



64. HAWTHORNDEN (White Hawthornden.) 

 Fruit full medium size, elongated somewhat. Color yellowish white, enlivened with a 

 blush on the sunny side. Stem thick and stout. Calyx set in a regular formed and 

 plaited depression. Flesh juicy, white, and pleasant, but not rich. English. 



65. MAIDEN'S BLUSH. Plate 30. 



Pig. 20. 



Fruit full medium size, circular, 

 depressed. Color yellowish 

 white or green, enlivened 

 with a deep crimson blush 

 upon the sunny side. Fair. 

 Stem rather short, scarcely 

 extending beyond the base. 

 Depression wide and rather 

 deep. Calyx medium size; 

 depression rather shallow. 

 Flesh white, tender, juicy, 

 and pleasant. Subacid. Es- 

 teemed by some as rich. Uni- 

 formly productive, but occa- 

 sionally defective. 

 It bears a good price in market (New- York) , and is well worth cultivating. Tree full 



medium size, spreading. Ripens its fruit in October. If well put up, maybe kept till spring; 



but its keeping- properties are uncertain. Jt is a fine apple in the valley of the Hudson. 



