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dots small; basin medium, regular; eye quite small and closed; 
cavity wide ; stem ratber slender and short; flesh snowy white, 
very tender, fine grained, juicy; flavor sub-acid, mild, delicately 
aromatic ; quality good; a dessert fruit and good for cooking 
and market; sometimes becomes scabby, especially at the 
south. Season October to January. 
Golden Russet —The variety disseminated under this name 
in Wisconsin is supposed to have been sent out by Barry, of 
Bochester, N. Y. The winter of 1864 did not injure it, but 
that of 1856 colored some of the wood. It is described as 
follows : Tree thrifty, vigorous grower, spreading, productive, 
a rather early bearer; shoots slender, olive, speckled ; fruit 
medium, round, large ones are oblate, often cylindrical, some¬ 
times inclined, regular; surface greenish yellow, covered with 
thick russet; dots minute, white, scattered ; basin regular; 
seeds small, flat; flesh greenish yellow, breaking granular, 
juicy; flavor sub-acid; quality good to best; use table and 
kitchen. Season from January to June. 
Tollman Sweet —This is considered one of the best varieties 
of hardy sweet apples. It is very productive and is a general 
favorite with us. Although the wood was badly colored by 
the severe winter of 1856, and somewhat in the winter of 1864* 
yet it has fully recovered, and still holds its own. On this ac* 
count it should not be on the list of the u first five,” and never 
should be classed as Iron Clad, as many of our nurserymen 
now term it. We think there are hardier and better sweet 
apples for Wisconsin. For baking and stock feeding the Tallman 
Sweet is considered one of the best, yet we regard the Bailey 
Sweet and Sweet Pear as better for home use. Fruit medium 
to large, regular, nearly round, somewhat flattened; surface 
smooth, yellow; dots minute, dark ; frequently a distinct line 
of green on one side from stem to the eye ; basin wide, regu¬ 
lar, leather-cracked; eye small, closed; cavity rather wide, 
regular; stem medium size, long; seeds numerous, plump, 
dark ; flesh yellow, breaking firm; flavor sweet, rich ; quality 
good; season November to February. 
