THE APPLE. 



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Summer Broaden. 

 Summer Colman. Summer Broadend. 



An old Norfolk, England, cooking Apple. 



Fruit above medium, roundish oblate, dull greenish yellow, tinged on 

 the sunny side with dull pale brown. Flesh greenish white, subacid. 

 October, November. (Lindley.) 



Summer Cheese. 



Cheese Apple. Maryland Cheese. Prather Apple. Findlay Apple. 



An old variety, of poor quality. Origin unknown. Tree a strong 

 grower, spreading, not an early bearer, but moderately productive when 

 old. 



Fruit medium, oblate, sides sometimes unequal, yellow, occasionally 

 with a tinge of red in the sun. Flesh whitish, tender, juicy, subacid. 

 August, September. 



Summer Golden Pippin. 



A nice little English dessert Apple, but inferior to many of our 

 own. 



Fruit small, ovate, flattened at the eye, bright yellow, with a little 

 orange next the sun. Flesh yellow, firm, crisp, and rich. Good to very 

 good. August. 



Summer Hagloe. 

 Hagloe. 



An old sort. Tree vigorous, but slow in its growth while young, 

 thick blunt shoots, productive. Young shoots clear light reddish 

 brown. 



Fruit large, roundish oblate, whitish yellow, striped and splashed 

 with bright red, and covered with a thin bloom. Stalk short and 

 thick, inserted in a broad, open cavity. Calyx closed, set in a small, 

 round basin. Flesh white, rather coarse, tender, juicy, subacid. Good 

 to very good. An excellent culinary and table variety. August, Sep- 

 tember. 



Summer Harvey. 



Origin unknown. Tree thrifty, spreading, very productive, an early 

 and abundant bearer. 



Fruit large, roundish oblate, greenish yellow, sometimes nettings of 

 russet and red cheek in the sun, thickly sprinkled with light and green 

 dots. Flesh whitish, tender, juicy, brisk subacid. Good. August. 



Summer Janet. 



Fruit medium, round truncated, regular. Surface smooth, pale yellow, 

 mixed red, striped darker red. Dots scattered, gray. Flesh yellow, 

 tender, fine-grained, subacid, aromatic. Good. September. ("War- 

 der.) 



Summer Limbertwig. 

 A Southern fruit from Greensboro', N. C. 



Fruit medium, flat, regular, pale yellow, mixed pink, striped dark red. 



