THE APPLE. 
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only highly valued for the dessert, but, owing to its saccharine 
quality, it is also planted largely for the fattening of swine. 
Fruit medium size, roundish-ovate, tapering to the eye. The 
calyx is small, closed, very slightly sunk, in a small plaited basin. 
Stalk half an inch long, in a rather narrow cavity. Skin thin, 
greenish yellow, washed and streaked, and often entirely 
covered with stripes of pale and dull red. Flesh white, fine 
grained, and exceedingly juicy, tender, sweet, and sprightly. 
Young wood stout, and short jointed. This apple commences 
maturing about the last of August, and continues ripening till 
frost. 
Jewett’s Fine Red. 
Nodhead. 
Origin, New Hampshire, of moderate growth, and productive, 
requires high culture to produce fair fruit. 
Fruit medium, oblate. Skin greenish white, striped and 
shaded with crimson. Stem short, inserted in a broad deep 
cavity. Calyx firmly closed, in an exceedingly small basin. 
Flesh tender, juicy, with a very pleasant, sprightly, almost sweet 
flavour. November to February. 
Jewett’s Best. 
Origin, farm of S. W. Jewett, Weybridge, Vt., same habit as 
Rhode Island Greening. 
Fruit large, oblate or nearly globular, irregular. Skin 
greenish, mostly shaded with deep red. Stem short, inserted in a 
large cavity. Calyx closed, set in a very small basin. Flesh 
yellowish, juicy, almost melting, with a very pleasant, rich, sub- 
acid flavour. December to February. 
John’s Sweet. 
Origin, Lyndsboro, New Hampshire, a good grower, some- 
what straggling, a prolific bearer. 
Fruit medium, oblong or conic. Skin whitish yellow, sprin- 
kled, striped, and splashed with red. Stem short, inserted in a 
narrow cavity, surrounded by russet. Calyx closed, set in an 
abrupt basin. Flesh juicy, tender, with a sweet peculiar flavour. 
January to May. 
Johnson. 
Origin, Brookfield, Conn. A strong, upright grower, and a 
good bearer. 
Fruit above medium, roundish, conic. Skin smooth, striped 
with red on a yellow ground, dark red in the sun. Stem of me- 
dium length, in a large cavity. Calyx closed, in an abrupt basin. 
