. Fruits and fruit-trees of Eusset. An old fruit of little value, large, conical, green russet. Fleshcoarse, dry, mild, subacid, almost sweet. Poor. October, November. Cheltenham. Calf Pasture. The Cheltenham is a handsome and popular market variety that origi- 124 THE APPLE. nated at Cheltenham Township, Montgomery Co., Pa., in a field wherecalves were pastured, and hence the synonym by which it is locally is a moderate grower, but very productive. Fruit medium, roundish, striped and marbled with red on a yellowground. Stalk short. Cavity narrow. Calyx small, closed. Basin
. Fruits and fruit-trees of Eusset. An old fruit of little value, large, conical, green russet. Fleshcoarse, dry, mild, subacid, almost sweet. Poor. October, November. Cheltenham. Calf Pasture. The Cheltenham is a handsome and popular market variety that origi- 124 THE APPLE. nated at Cheltenham Township, Montgomery Co., Pa., in a field wherecalves were pastured, and hence the synonym by which it is locally is a moderate grower, but very productive. Fruit medium, roundish, striped and marbled with red on a yellowground. Stalk short. Cavity narrow. Calyx small, closed. Basindeep, riesh whitish yellow, tender, juicy, pleasant. Good. Septem-ber. Chenango Strawberry. Frank. Sherwoods Favorite. Jackson Apple. Buckley. Strawberry. Smyrna. Originated in the town of Lebanon, Madison Co., N. Y. It is anapple pleasant to the taste and much esteemed as a table fruit wher-ever grown. Tree is vigorous, spreading. Young wood light reddishbrown, downy. Fruit medium, oblong conic or oblong truncated conic, indistinctly. Chenango Strawberry. ribbed. Color whitish, shaded, splashed and mottled with light anddark crimson over most of the surface, light dots. Stalk rather shortsmall. Cavity acute, somewhat uneven. Calyx closed, or partiallyopen. Segments erect. Basin rather large, abrupt, slightly white, tender, juicy, peculiar mild, subacid. Core rather good. September and October. Cheney. Originated on the old Cheney farm. South Manchester, Conn. Treeupright, spreading, an early and regular bearer. TBiE APPLE. 125 Fruit medium, oblate, yellow shaded with rich crimson over thewhole surface. Flesh white, tender, juicy, pleasant, subacid, slightlyaromatic. Good to very good. September and October. Chestatee. A Southern fruit of unknown origin. Tree vigorous, upright, spread-ing. Wood smooth, reddish gray, with very small reddish buds. Fruit medium, oblate inclining to conic, pale yellow with a slightblush in the sun. Flesh whitish, crisp,
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