The Magazine of horticulture, botany, and all useful discoveries and improvements in rural affairs . nk in a broad, open, and ribbedbasin ; segments of the calyx broad and very short: Flesh,yellowish, rather fine, crisp, and tender: Juice, tolerablyabundant, with a rich admixture of sweet and acid, high-flavored and excellent: Co?~e, small, nearly close: Seeds,medium size, plump. Ripe in October and November. Descriptions of Select Vaj-ieiies of Apples. 547 XXIV. LoRiNG Sweeting. Thatchers American Orrhardist. In the vicinity of Plymouth, an apple nnder the name ofLoring Sweeting, {Jig. 51,) i
The Magazine of horticulture, botany, and all useful discoveries and improvements in rural affairs . nk in a broad, open, and ribbedbasin ; segments of the calyx broad and very short: Flesh,yellowish, rather fine, crisp, and tender: Juice, tolerablyabundant, with a rich admixture of sweet and acid, high-flavored and excellent: Co?~e, small, nearly close: Seeds,medium size, plump. Ripe in October and November. Descriptions of Select Vaj-ieiies of Apples. 547 XXIV. LoRiNG Sweeting. Thatchers American Orrhardist. In the vicinity of Plymouth, an apple nnder the name ofLoring Sweeting, {Jig. 51,) is coiisiderahly cultivated, andhighly esteemed as one of the very best winter sweet author mentions it but Dr. Thatcher; he states that itwas brought from the county of Bristol by Mr. E. Loring,of Plympton, Plymouth county, and is much cultivated inthis vicinity; its origin, or the name by which it is distin-guished in other parts of the country, I have not been able toascertain. Several of our friends have sent us specimensthe last three or four years, but none of them so fine as some. Fig. 5l. Loring Siceel Apple. we have had the present season from the Rev. A, R. Pope, ofKingston, from one of which our drawing, as well as our de-scription, has been made. Size, medium, about three and a quarter inches broad, andtwo and a quarter deep : Fon?i, oblate, regular, largest in themiddle: Ski?i, fair, smooth, pale yellow, or greenish yellow,broadly tinged with pale red, and more or less spotted withlarge brownish specks: Stem, very short, about a quarter ofan inch long, thick, and deeply inserted in a large, open, reg-ular cavity : Eye, medium size, closed, and little depressed ina small, round, shallow basin; segments of the calyx short: 548 Foreign Notices. Flesh, yellowish white, fine, crisp, and very tender : Juice^abundant, rich, sweet, and high-flavored : Core, small, some-what open: Seeds, medium size, broad, and plump. Ripefrom November to January. MISCELLANEOUS INT
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