166 FRUIT GARDEN COMPANION, 



DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF APPLES. 



1. Early Harvest. 



The best early apple of its season, and highly- 

 deserving a more general cultivation. It is ripe the 

 latter end of July or the beginning of August ; of a 

 medium size ; flat form ; color bright yellow, or 

 straw color ; flavor sprightly and pleasant acid ; rip- 

 ening irregular, the earliest dropping from the tree 

 as they change their color. 



The tree is of a pendulous habit, healthy, grows 

 to a moderate size, and bears freely. It forms a 

 principal item in the collections of apples in its vi- 

 cinity. 



2. Early Bough. 



The best early sweeting I am acquainted with, 

 and seems to flourish tolerably well in most parts of 

 the middle states. The fruit is large and of an oval 

 shape, pale yellow a little tinged with red ; an ad- 

 mirable apple for baking ; tree a good bearer, and 

 ripe soon after the early harvest. 



3. Red Juneating. 



There are several varieties of this early apple 5 

 and the qualities of all that I have seen much resem- 

 ble each other. The trees are of an upright slender 

 habit, of a medium stature ; the fruit of a moderate 

 size, red, generally a little striped ; flavor pleasant ; 

 ripens early. The juneatings are all table fruits, and 

 are rarely used for culinary purposes. Trees free 

 bearers. 



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