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The Apples of New York. 



Cat., 1856. S.Mag. Hort., 22:181. 1856. 9. Downing, 1857:151. 10. 

 Gregg. 1857:40. II. Warder, 1867:553. 12. ///. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1869:33. 



13. Fitz, 1872:145. 14. Thomas, 1875:189. 15. Downing, 1881:11 index, 

 app. 16. Barry, 1883:333. 17. Lyon, Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1890:292. 18. 

 Bailey, Ayi. Hort., 1892:250. 19. Munson, Me. Sta. Rpt., 1893:132. 20. Hos- 

 kins, Rural N. Y., 1894 :248. 21. Budd-Hansen, 1903 :99. /z^. 



Synonyms. Early Sweet (15). High Top Sweet (19). High Top Sweet 

 (13). HiGHTOP Siveet (21). High Top Sweeting (i, 5, 6, 8, 12, 15). High 

 Top Szveeting? (2, 3). Summer Sweet (3). Summer Sweet (5, 6, 9, 14). 

 Summer Sw^eeting (2). Sweet June (4, 10, 13, 18). Sweet June (6, 9, 11, 



14, 16, 19, 20, 21). 



Fruit of medium size ; flesh yellowish, very sweet, rich and of very good 

 quality; season July and August. Tree upright, vigorous, very productive. 



Historical. In 1822 Thacher (i) remarked: ''This tree, it is believed, is 

 peculiar to the old Plymouth colony. The first settlers, either from choice, 

 or for want of other varieties, cultivated it more generally than any other 

 apple. It is now much on the decline. The fruit is under the middle size ; 

 of a yellowish colour, pleasant taste ; but chiefly used for baking, and for 

 drying. It is ripe in August, and is not long preserved. The tree is remark- 

 able for its long upright stem." 



It appears that this variety was introduced into Ohio from Connecticut and 

 Massachusetts and afterward disseminated westward under the name of 

 Sweet June. In 1892 Bailey (18) found that although various nurserymen 

 were offering Sweet June for sale none of them mentioned Hightop Sweet. 

 Some have held that the Sweet June of the West is not identical with the 

 Hightop Sweet of Massachusetts (12). We have not had the opportunity of 

 determining whether this is true, but if they are identical it appears strange 

 that the name Hightop Sweet should be entirely dropped by those who are 

 propagating it in the West. This variety is but little known in New York. 



HILAIRE. 



References, i. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1879:453. 2. Montreal Hort. Soc. 

 Rpt., 1886-87 :95- 3- Bailey, Mich. Sta. Bui, 31 :54. 1887. 4. Downing, 

 1881:102 app. tig. 5. Waugh, Vt. Sta. Bui, 83:87. 1900. 



Synonyms. Cabane du Chicn (3, 5, 6). Fameiise Baldwin, of some (5). 

 St. Hilaire (i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6). 



An apple which resembles Fameuse in the color of its skin and in the 

 color and texture of its flesh, but the flesh has more of a sprightly acid 

 flavor and the fruit keeps better than that of Fameuse. Waugh reports (5) 

 that it is not now grown in the vicinity of its origin. Professor U. P. Hed- 

 rick of the Michigan Agricultural College, who supplied the fruit for the 

 following description, states that as grown in Michigan the variety is hardy, 

 productive and gives promise of being a valuable acquisition. 



Historical. This is said to have originated in the orchard of Alexis Dery, 

 Quebec (4). Probably a seedling of Fameuse (2). So far as we know 

 it is not grown in New York. 



