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DESCRIPTIONS 
Order II. Breadth greater than the height. 
A. Ends equal or subequal. 
5. EARLY HARVEST (Thompson). 
Prine's Harvest. Early French Reinette, Coxe. July Pippin, Hot. Yellow Harvest. Large White Juneating. 
Tart Bough. 
Fruit round and large, circular. Color yellow. Depressions shallow, especially the crown ; 
the basal depression embraces a stem about half an inch long. Flesh white, tender, juicy, 
subacid and agreeable. 
This is one of the best American apples for the table, and for cooking. It ripens in 
July (by the first in the lower counties of New-York, and by the middle in New-England) , 
and continues in use till near the middle of August. 
6. OSLIN. 
Arbroath Pippin, Forsyth. 
Fruit of the medium size, depressed, circular. Color lemon-yellow, mingled with bright 
green. Depression shallow ; the crown plaited prominently. Stem short and thick. Flesh 
yellowish and crisp, juicy and spicy. 
Apple of Scotch origin, ripening in August. 
7. HIGH-TOP SWEETING (Old Plymouth Colony). 
Summer Sweet, Marietta, Ohio. 
Fig. 5. 
Fruit of the medium size or rather less, circu¬ 
lar, fair. Color yellowish green, spattered 
with white dots. Stem slender and rather 
long, and set in a deep basin. Calyx closed, 
and set in a shallow depression. Flesh sweet, 
tender, juicy, free from astringency. 
Tree thrifty and upright. Ripens from the 
middle of July to August. It is regarded with 
favor both at the East and West. 
