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DESCRIPTIONS 
30. PHILLIPS’ SWEETING. Kip I". 
Fruit above the medium size; 
base broad, and tapering 
from near the middle : 
much wider than high. 
Stem deep, nearly equal¬ 
ing the base, but does not 
project. Depression regu¬ 
lar. Calyx rather small ; 
depression rather broad, 
open and shallow, but not 
deep. Color red, and stri¬ 
ped and mottled upon a 
yellow ground ; darkest 
upon the base. Flesh yel¬ 
lowish, tender, juicy and 
crisp, with an agreeable 
flavor. Ripens in Novem¬ 
ber and keeps till March. 
This apple is an Ohio seedling, and supposed to have originated in Coshocton. It is 
described in the Ohio Cultivator for March 15, 1847, and in the Horticulturist for February. 
The tree is described as an annual and prolific bearer, vigorous and upright in its growth. 
It is regarded as valuable for culinary purposes, and by many as one of the best of sweet 
apples. Transactions of the Ohio Fruit Convention, for 1847. 
31. SWEET BALDWIN. 
Fruit of the full medium size; symmetrical; rather elongated. Color red in indistinct 
stripes, ornamenting a yellow ground. Stem of a medium length ; slender. Basin 
small. Flesh yellowish white, tender, juicy, and fine. Early winter. 
32. BLACK APPLE (, ofCoxe .) 
Rather small, dark red or nearly black ; skin covered with a whitish mealy bloom. 
33. CARTHOUSE. 
Fruit below the medium size ; subsymmetrical; apex flattened. Color striped and shaded 
on a yellow ground. Stem rather long, slender; basin slightly plaited, wide. Flesh 
tough, crisp, agreeable ; mildly acid. 
Market apple for New-Orleans, sent from the Ohio valley. 
