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Orange Sweet. 



There are several varieties under this name, but we have been un- 

 able to examine and compare them closely. The one we have most 

 known came from Ohio, and has young shoots of a light reddish brown, 

 smooth, the fruit large, roundish, greenish yellow, sometimes traces of 

 russet, few gray and green dots. Calyx small, closed. Flesh whitish, 

 tender, juicy, pleasant, sweet. Good. Valuable for baking. October, 

 jSTovember. 



Another w^e have from Massachusetts, is a good grower and bearer. 

 Young shoots smooth, very dark reddish brown. Buds very small. 



Fruit medium, oblate, greenish yellow. Calyx small. Flesh yel- 

 lowish white, rather coarse, but rich, sweet. Good for cooking. Au- 

 gust and September. 



Another Orange Sweeting, grown in Maine, is described as a tree of 

 upright habit, healthy, thrifty, and productive. Young shoots dark 

 brownish red. 



Fruit medium, roundish ovate, bright yellow, with a blush cheek in 

 the sun, small greenish dots in shade, and crimson dots in the sun. 

 Flesh yellowish, tender, sw^eet, and rich. September, October. 



Warder, in his American Pomology, describes an Orange Sweet or 

 Itusset as large, round, greenish yellow, bronzy orange russet. Flesh 

 green, rather tough, fine-grained, sweet. Good for baking. December. 



Ord. 



Ord's Apple. Simpson's Pippin. Simpson's Seedling. 



An English Apple, grown from a seed of the Kewtown Pippin. 



Fruit medium, oblong conical, somewhat ribbed, dull green, washed 

 and splashed with dull red, and many star-like russet specks. Flesh 

 greenish white, tender, crisp, brisk subacid. December to April. 



Orleans Peixette. 

 Reinette d' Orleans. 



Fmit large, roundish oblong, deep yellow, with stripes of bright red 

 in the sun. Flesh yellowish, fine, juicy, brisk acid. December. 



Orndorf. 



Origin, Muskingum Co., O. Tree a vigorous, spreading, upright 

 grower, productive. 



Fruit medium, roundish oblate, yellow, shaded, striped, and splashed 

 with two shades of red. Stalk short. Calyx small, closed. Flesh 

 whitish, tender, mild subacid. Good. Core small. October, ISTovem- 

 ber. 



Orxe's Early. 



Origin unknown, supposed foreign. Tree vigorous, upright spread- 

 ing. _ 



Fruit medium, roundish. Color whitish, thickly sprinkled with gray 

 and light dots. Stalk long and slender. Calyx small, closed. Flesh 

 white, tender, fine-gi-ained, moderately juicy, pleasant, sprightly sub- 

 acid. Good. Core small. August, September. 



