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DESCRIPTIONS 
Fruit full medium size, circular 
and symmetrical; broad at 
base, widest in the middle. 
Color yellow, ornamented 
with bright crimson stripes. 
Stem scarcely equaling the 
base, deeply inserted. Calyx 
of a medium size ; depression 
shallow and plaited. Flesh 
white, tinged slightly with 
red. Subacid, juicy ; calyx 
tube closed ; core of the me¬ 
dium size. 
This apple is closely allied 
to the strawberry family, tho’ 
more acid. Ripens in Novem¬ 
ber and December. Exhibited 
in New-York, 1848. 
73. RAMSDELL’S SWEETING. 
(Ramsdell’s Red Pumpkin Sweet.) 
Fruit of the medium size, elongated, subcircular, symmetrical. Color dark red, bloomed. 
Stem short; basin deep. Flesh yellowish white, sweet and rich. A valuable sweet 
apple, from its intrinsic qualities and the productiveness of the tree. 
74. RED GILLIFLOWER. 
Fruit of the medium size, depressed; pentangular, or five-lobed, lobes unequal. Color 
yellow, ornamented with pale crimson stripes. Stem moderate exsert; calyx large, 
open, and leading to a large open core. Flesh yellowish white, tender, rich, subacid, 
and juicy. A very superior fruit. The tree, however, is said to be uncertain in its 
bearing. 
72. MELON. Fig. 49. 
75. KIRKE’S LORD NELSON. 
Large, symmetrical. Color yellow, with light red stripes. Acid, flavorless, but hand¬ 
some. English. 
